. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. Plate SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN INGUINAL HERNIA. 99 seriously tragic, when we take into account the terrible sufferings of the poor patient,groaning under the agony of necessarily cruel and prolonged operations, performedwithout an anaesthetic. A very ingenious hernia-knife has been devised by Dr. AUis, of Philadelphia. Itis probe-shaped, with a movable sheath, directed by a nut to conceal or expose thecutting edge, as desired. The best which I have seen is that of the late Dr. Joseph , of Boston, which combines the director and divide
. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. Plate SURGICAL PROCEDURES IN INGUINAL HERNIA. 99 seriously tragic, when we take into account the terrible sufferings of the poor patient,groaning under the agony of necessarily cruel and prolonged operations, performedwithout an anaesthetic. A very ingenious hernia-knife has been devised by Dr. AUis, of Philadelphia. Itis probe-shaped, with a movable sheath, directed by a nut to conceal or expose thecutting edge, as desired. The best which I have seen is that of the late Dr. Joseph , of Boston, which combines the director and divider in a single pushing a thumb-screw in the handle, a fine saw is carried through the groove, andthe stricture is sundered in a very safe manner. The patient, when fully under the influence of an aneesthetic, is placed upon a tablein a good light. The head is slightly elevated, the limbs nearly parallel with the body,and the feet in a chair. An inflated rubber receptacle is placed under the hips to con-duct the irrigating fluid into a pail. T
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