Case 3.Case 3 T. F.—Teamster. Irish parentage. Age 20. A. C. C. Disp. Bubonocele, left side. First noted four weeks previously. Operation May 14, 1905. Area sterilized. Small area of skin infiltrated with a one percent solution of cocain. Paraffin melting point 108, injected over area of prominence of bubonocele and into upper portion of canal. Two punctures made a dram and a half of paraffin injected. Parts sensitive for three days so that patient walked without bending thigh at hip joint. No temperature. Local applications. Codeine given in quarter grain doses every two hours. Fourth day parts much less sensitive, can bend leg freely in sitting or walking. Area prominent from swelling but no impulse. Examination June 25, 1905. No pain, no tenderness, no impulse, prominence in region of internal ring slightly greater than on opposite side.
Case 3 T. F.—Teamster. Irish parentage. Age 20. A. C. C. Disp. Bubonocele, left side. First noted four weeks previously. Operation May 14, 1905. Area sterilized. Small area of skin infiltrated with a one percent solution of cocain. Paraffin melting point 108, injected over area of prominence of bubonocele and into upper portion of canal. Two punctures made a dram and a half of paraffin injected. Parts sensitive for three days so that patient walked without bending thigh at hip joint. No temperature. Local applications. Codeine given in quarter grain doses every two hours. Fourth day parts much less sensitive, can bend leg freely in sitting or walking. Area prominent from swelling but no impulse. Examination June 25, 1905. No pain, no tenderness, no impulse, prominence in region of internal ring slightly greater than on opposite side.