Excerpt from Progressive Medicine, a Quarterly Digest of Advances, Discoveries and Improvements in the Medical and Surgical Sciences, Vol. 2: June 1913; Hernia; Surgery of the Abdomen, Exclusive of Hernia; Gynecology; Diseases of the Blood; Diathetic and Metabolic Diseases; Diseases of the Spleen, Thyroid Gland, Nutrition, and the Lymphatic System; Ophthalmology In the cases of inguinal hernia associated with undescended testis, Bassini's operation was performed with exception that the cord was not transplanted in these cases, 205 operations were done, without relapse. The total number of deaths in the entire series of 3787 operations was 8 per cent). Fig. 1. - Sac laid open to show position of cecum with lines of incision. (an excessive amount of the anterior wall of the sac has been removed to show details.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.