A treatise on hernia / by Antonio Scarpa, Professor of clinical surgery in the University of Pavia ; tr. from the Italian, with notes and an appendix, by John Henry Wishart.

  • Scarpa, Antonio, 1752-1832.
Date:
1814
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Credit: A treatise on hernia / by Antonio Scarpa, Professor of clinical surgery in the University of Pavia ; tr. from the Italian, with notes and an appendix, by John Henry Wishart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    S26 PLATE Vlll. m. m. The integuments of the scrotum. n. A part of the rectus muscle of the abdomen. 0. a» The aponeurosis of the external obhque muscle ife the vicinity of the left inguinal ring. FIGURE II. fl. a. A loop of the ileum protruded into the hernia. h. b. The hernial sac laid open. c. c. A part of the hernial sac thickened and indurated. d.d. A thin and transparent membrane uniting the int,es- tine to the bottom of the hernial sac. On tne intestine being drawn gently upwards^, this mem- brane assumed the form of numerous ligamentous bridles. €. e. The intestine seen through the thin membrane which .. ,v keeps it united to the hernial sac. f.J'. The membrano-aponeurotic sheath of the cremaster ,^f^ muscle, with the vaginal coat of the testicle laid open. g. The testicle. h. The epididymis. i. The spermatic vessels surrounded by the cellular sub- stance of the cord. FIGURE in. a. a. A congenital omental hernia. h. The testicle. €. The epididymis. d. Part of the omentum, which has assumed a cylindrical form, protruded into the hernia. c. e. e. Fatty appendices of the omentum. f.f. Strong adhesions of the omentum to the bottom of the hernial sajc, or in this case, the vaginal coat of the testicle. * AUantaJ.