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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    portion of the anatomical description is from memory, refreshed by reading and reference to notes made when I was a pupil of the late Mr. Brooks ; it is therefore probable that there may be a few errors, yet I think it will be found sufficiently accurate to convey to the reader correct notions of the situation of the various hernise. Some of my readers may perhaps object to the nudity of the plates. I confess that a work addressed to the public ought to be accompanied with plates as little offensive to modesty as possible. The dif¬ ficulty of concealing some parts, while ex¬ plaining their relation to other parts, will, I hope, be accepted as a sufficient apology for sending them forth in their present state.