Excerpt from The Lectures of Sir Astley Cooper, Bart. F. R. S. Surgeon to the King, &C., &C., On the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Vol. 3: With Additional Notes and Cases Kinds of hernia. - There are several genera of abdominal hernias; four of which, however, are more frequent than the others; viz. The inguinal, the fe moral, the umbilical, and the Ventral; but beside these, there is a hernia through the ischiatic notch, one through the foramen ovale, a pudenda], a perin eal, a vaginal, occasional] a protrusion takes Flace through the diaphragm, t e kidneys have been ound in a swelling in the loins, and the small intestines have been seen between the laminae of the mesent ery and mesocolon; but, to the two latter, the term hernia is scarcely strictly applicable. 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.