. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. Fig. 31.—Inguinal hernia, showing the transversalis fascia and the internal abdominal ring.— 32.—Inguinal hernia, showing the internal oblique and cremaster muscles and spermatic cord.—Gray. In the dissection for the exposure of the parts, it is well to remember that thereis a superficial artery of some size—the external epigastric—which courses across theparts in the neighborhood of the external ring. This is sometimes of such a consider-able size that it misleads the inexperienced operator into the belief that the larger epi-gastric ve


. The anatomy and surgical treatment of hernia. Fig. 31.—Inguinal hernia, showing the transversalis fascia and the internal abdominal ring.— 32.—Inguinal hernia, showing the internal oblique and cremaster muscles and spermatic cord.—Gray. In the dissection for the exposure of the parts, it is well to remember that thereis a superficial artery of some size—the external epigastric—which courses across theparts in the neighborhood of the external ring. This is sometimes of such a consider-able size that it misleads the inexperienced operator into the belief that the larger epi-gastric vessel has been severed. It is often unavoidably divided in the operation. In the reconstruction of the parts, as above outlined, it will be observed that thespermatic cord is inclosed within a canal restored to its normal size, length, and superficial tissues and skin are closely and evenly approximated by the buried is the more important, since we are enabled to do away with the drainage-tube, Plate


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