Excerpt from Progressive Medicine, Vol. 2: June, 1910; 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 Lymphatic System; Ophthalmology In this latter statement I do not entirely agree with Sheen, although I do believe that in practically all cases of inguinal hernia, except the direct, there is an open funicular pouch or process of peritoneum present at birth. In many cases, this may not ever have had any contents in infancy, and, therefore, nothing more than a potential hernia was present, but later, through some extraordinary effort, something may be forced into this open pouch. These cases of sudden appearance of a hernia are extremely rare; only two or three such instances having been observed at the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled in a series of 1000 cases. Tillman goes so far as to say that the supposed sudden develop ment of a true hernia is, in my opinion, always due to a mistake in observation. 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.