A treatise on hernia, explaining its varieties, situation, symptoms, and causes : to which is added a full description of the construction and application of the most approved mechanical remedies / By G.S. Acret, truss maker, 39, Houndsditch.

  • Acret, G. S.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on hernia, explaining its varieties, situation, symptoms, and causes : to which is added a full description of the construction and application of the most approved mechanical remedies / By G.S. Acret, truss maker, 39, Houndsditch. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The Rectus Abdominis arises by a flat tendon from the fore part of the pubis ; as it ascends its fleshy belly becomes broader and thinner : it is inserted into the ensiform cartilage and into the three inferior true ribs. The Pyramidalis. As this muscle is not at all important, as far as regards any connection with the parts concerned in the formation of Rupture, it is useless to enter into a more par¬ ticular description of it than has already been given. The principal use of the muscles of the abdomen is to bend the body ; to act, by their contraction, upon the parts contained in the abdomen, as the intestines, the bladder, and the uterus; to cause the discharge of faeces and urine, to assist in the expulsion of the foetus, and also to assist in respiration. Abdominal Ring. This is merely an oblique slit or opening just above the angle of the pubis, formed by the tendon of the external oblique muscle, divided into two portions, for the pas¬ sage of the spermatic cord in men, and the round ligament of the womb in females : the two portions forming this slit are called the columns of the ring—the inferior or external column (pouparts ligament) is attached to the