Appendix to a publication, entitled New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, &c. &c : containing a familiar account of the nature of ruptures in both sexes / by W.H.T.

Timbrel, William Hall.

Date:: 1802

Credit: Appendix to a publication, entitled New inventions and directions for ruptured persons, &c. &c : containing a familiar account of the nature of ruptures in both sexes / by W.H.T. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$in males, that its return, when they are become adult and pregnant, may be prevented as much as possible. During gestation it is often very trou- blesome ; but after delivery, if the contents have contracted io. adhesion, they will often return, and may be kept in their place by a bandage*. I will now consider the ventral Hernia, which, as. Mr. Pott says, may appear in almost any point of the fore-rpart of the belly, but is most frequently found in or between the recti-muscles. fhe portion of intestine, &c. is always contained in a sac, made by the protrusion of the perito- naeum ; when reduced, it should be kept in \§ place by a bandage, and if attended with stricture, which cannot otherwise be relieved, must ,be •• «««-•> . - • • . ... 3fl I carefully divided f—by a surgical operation. I have now, Sir, quoted from Mr. Pott, a plain account of Ruptures. The inguinal, scrotal, femO' ral, umbilical, and ventral Rupture; to each of which,, a palliative cure or suspension of its dread- ful effects, may be.applied. As to a radical cure, Mr. Pott's opinion has been sufficiently cited.— He says, that to replace the prolapsed body or bodies within the cavity of the belly, and to pre- vent their falling out again, by means of a pro-'$