On the cure of hernia, in relation to parents and the profession : a paper read before the Surgical Section of the International Medical Congress, held in London, 1881 / by William Dunnett Spanton.

  • Spanton, William Dunnett, 1840-1922.
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[1881]
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Credit: On the cure of hernia, in relation to parents and the profession : a paper read before the Surgical Section of the International Medical Congress, held in London, 1881 / by William Dunnett Spanton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    TABLE V. Table sliowing the Number of Deaths from Hernia of all kinds in England during a series of twenty-eight years, and the number of Deaths after Operation. Proporti'n of Deaths Deaths from Total after Ope- Year. Hernia at Deatlis under Number Deaths after ration to all a ges. 5 years. of Operation. whole No. De<itlis. of Deaths per cent. Male. Male. Female. Male. 1 Female. 1852 Of 0 0 65 13 683 1853 406 S3 I 2 779 1854 1855 1856 407 426 4.4.1 4.2 I 448 / 45 43 50 I I 15 7 828 874 848 / No statistics given > of operations per- \ fnrmerl. 1857 414 400 46 13 814 1858 42 10 766 1859 44? 52 6 762 i860 418 51 10 817 11 14 3-06 1861 408 AAA 43 9 852 12 13 2'93 1862 4-0 c; 422 45 9 827 14 2 I 423 1863 424 424 54 8 848 13 19 377 1864 40Q 396 44 r I 805 19 15 4'22 1865 463 427 48 17 890 22 22 4-94 1866 465 409 47 11 874 17 23 4-58 1867 467 460 37 15 927 36 44 8-63 1868 461 446 33 10 907 43 48 10-03 1869 457 494 53 15 951 66 80 i5'35 1870 487 492 52 5 979 80 100 18-38 1871 519 503 50 10 1022 75 96 16-73 1872 524 489 54 15 1013 90 92 17-96 1873 557 457 66 22 1014 76 78 15-18 1874 500 53 15 lOI 2 63 71 13-24 1875 58s 549 65 17 1140 83 108 1675 1876 533 555 63 19 1082 87 106 17-84 1877 565 529 70 16 1094 95 97 i7'55 1878 565 582 83 16 II47 lOI III 18-48 1879 546 573 55 12 1119 128 135 23'50 Malgaigne has shewn that the hernial population from the age of one to thirteen years disappears four times more quickly than the general population. This can only be produced in one of two ways—by cure or by death. Although radical cure is possible, and frequently easy at this stage, yet it must be ad- mitted that among the poorer classes it is rare. . . . But even supposing that one half of the hernial subjects of this age are cured, the statistical records show that death occurs twice as