Case 6.Case 6 J. C.—Italian barber. A. C. C. Disp. Inguinal hernia on right side. Noted three weeks before. Sac protruding through external ring. Injection after infiltration. Forty minims injected about internal ring. Twenty minims in canal. Twelve or fifteen minims thrown between the pillars of external ring. Codeine prescribed but not taken. Parts quite sensitive on third day. No fever. Sleeps well with two pillows under thigh of affected side. Fifth day, no pain, tenderness very much less, able to bend leg almost as freely as ever. Twelfth day impulse at internal ring? (Questionable.) Injection of twenty minims at internal ring, ten into canal and ten between pillars, melting point 104. March 4, 1906. Last examination. No recurrence, no pain or tenderness.
Case 6 J. C.—Italian barber. A. C. C. Disp. Inguinal hernia on right side. Noted three weeks before. Sac protruding through external ring. Injection after infiltration. Forty minims injected about internal ring. Twenty minims in canal. Twelve or fifteen minims thrown between the pillars of external ring. Codeine prescribed but not taken. Parts quite sensitive on third day. No fever. Sleeps well with two pillows under thigh of affected side. Fifth day, no pain, tenderness very much less, able to bend leg almost as freely as ever. Twelfth day impulse at internal ring? (Questionable.) Injection of twenty minims at internal ring, ten into canal and ten between pillars, melting point 104. March 4, 1906. Last examination. No recurrence, no pain or tenderness.