A treatise on hernia : the radical cure by the use of the buried antiseptic animal suture / by Henry O. Marcy.

Date:
1889
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Credit: A treatise on hernia : the radical cure by the use of the buried antiseptic animal suture / by Henry O. Marcy. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    needy condition demands, in a measure, a public charity. The wealthier classes afford no opportunity for statistical knowledge. However, it is accepted that the general imperfect state of muscular strength and the lax condition of the tissues, dependent upon sedentary habits, render hernia more likely to super- vene suddenly upon violent strain. Under such con- ditions, it is well known hernise are very common, al- though a feeling of reticence makes reference to such suffering the exception. Conditions. — Individuals suffering from hernia gen- erally complain that they are much more troubled to re- tain the parts in position, when weakened or debilitated by disease. The tissues are relaxed and less able to sus- tain strain. It is also commonly observed that per- sons, deficient in general strength and tone, as age ad- vances, become more subject to hernia. There is an- other considerable class, in both sexes, that, after the middle period of life, where a tendency to over-weight is marked, producing an increase of intra-abdominal pressure, become liable to hernia. From infancy to old age, the abdominal cavity must be subject to daily variations in size and con- tents. The gaseous and fluid distention of the in- testinal canal is often excessive; the omental and parietal fat frequently increases with great rapidity, and these conditions, of necessity, call into play a con- stant strain upon the abdominal supports which must be elastic and accommodative to movement. In wo-