A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key.

  • Key, C. Aston (Charles Aston), 1793-1849.
Date:
1833
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Credit: A memoir on the advantages and practicability of dividing the stricture in strangulated hernia, on the outside of the sac / by C. Aston Key. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    at the femoral aperture is not entirely a process from Poupart's ligament, but is also formed by a tendinous band on the fore part of the femoral sheath, where the fascia transversalis passes in a funnel form behind Gimbernat's ligament, to be inserted into the pubis. The thin tendinous border that descends backwards from Poupart's ligament is attached to the front part of the sheath of the femoral vessels; and any attempt to push a director under this thin border, anteriorly to the sheath, would meet with great resistance; and, if it were successful, its division would not suffi- ciently liberate the sac from pressure. Drawing 1. is a dissected view of the fascia propria of a femoral hernia in the male subject, with the inguinal canal and spermatic cord exposed. An opening has been made into the fascia, and the director passed under it. The integuments have been removed; but the superficial fascia is left attached to Poupart's liga- ment, and is seen separated from the fascia propria by a piece of bristle. The sac, covered by a layer of adipose and cellular L