Excerpt from Saint Louis Clinical Record, 1882, Vol. 8: An Independent Journal of Medicine and Surgery All the experiments of Wegner have been instituted upon the healthy perito neum of rabbits, said to be more vulnerable than that of man. At least not less so. Experience has disclosed numerous ex amples demonstrating the great tenacity of the peritoneum of man to resist the effects of injuries and traumatic action. Chiene, Of Edinburgh, lays claims to unsurpassed results in herniotomy, notwithstanding he places a drain-tube in the hernial sac in such a way that one extremity protrudes into the abdomen. In this position he leaves it until advancing granulation forces its removal. In this way some matter must inevitably escape into the abdominal cavity where it is disposed of without injury. 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.