Case of Hernia successfully treated. 365 



Platina appears to be characterized no less by its valuable 

 properlies than by its dlsposilion to form peculiar tnp'.e 

 compounds ; and there can be little doubt but that a more 

 extensive acquaintance with ihe chmbmations oi this metal 

 will add considerably to the number ot such substances. It 

 would be an interestinginquirv, whether thesamc laws which 

 seem to govern the formation of binary compounds, extend 

 likewise to thoseof ternary compounds. For an mvesligation 

 of this kind no nu-tal seems so well adapted as platina; 

 whether we consider the variety of its compounds, or the 

 simplicity of the results furnished by their decomposition. 



Unme of the precedina combinations seem to agree with 

 the doctrine of definite proportions, and to correspond very 

 nearlv with experiments made by Professor Berzehus ot 

 Stockholm. But there is not the same coincidence with 

 others. Whilst I cannot but retrret the imperfection of this 

 investioation, 1 mdulae a hope, that should the subject here- 

 after be thought worthy of a more rigorous inquiry, I shall 

 be able by a careful attention to render it more complete. 



LXIV Cfl«e of Femoral Hernia, with some Peculiarities y 

 suce\sjulb/ treated by an Operation. By John Taunton, 

 Suraion 'to the City of London Truss Society, the City 

 and'Finsbury Dispensaries, and Lecturer on Anatomy and 

 Surgery. 

 Mrs M. acred 30, a patleent in the City of London Truss 

 Society, reco^mmendcd by Mr. Lincoln, Hatlon Garden, 

 has had femoral hernia on the riiihi side lor about six months; 

 but this gave very little uneasniess, as the tumour was very 

 small, antl could at all times be returned by slight pressure. 

 July 16 IS12, it became painful and irreducible; the 

 pain was rcierred to the umbilicus, and was preceded by 

 hiccough, sickness, and vomiting. On the 17th she nad a 

 stool, but the symptoms continued ; the hiccough, sickness, 

 and vomiting were wors^e. , c , .• ^^ 



On the 19th, 3 A.M. 1 visited her for the first time, 

 found the tumour small, but tense and irreducible. The pain , 

 on attempting to reduce it, was referred to the umbilicus 

 and region of the stomach. Two ot the following pills wei* 

 fhreclcd to be taken every second hour : 



j^ Hydrargyri submuriatis gr. x. 

 Extracti colocynthidls 3 i- 

 Opii gr. iii. 



Olcl menlhre piperitce gtt. Vii. Miscc. 

 Fiant pilulie viginti. ^ p ^^ 



