Read before the Fall River Medical Society, February 12, 1930. Hodgkins — Assistant Professor of Surgery, Tufts College Medical School. For record and address of author see "This Week's Issue ...

The repair of any hernia is a simple procedure if adequate fascial structures are available for sound anatomic correction. Unfortunately, these tissues are not always sufficient, and surgeons have ...

"A hernia occurs when an organ or fatty tissue squeezes through a weak spot in a surrounding muscle or connective tissue ...