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 7.
Case 7 A. Y.—Femoral hernia. Female, age 35, A. C. C. Disp. Worker in tailor shop. History of case indefinite as to length of time present. Never been treated in any way. Operation March 21, 1906. Injection of forty minims of paraffin through saphenous opening and about ten minims through Poupart's ligament. Codeine discontinued at end of fourth night. Tenderness slight. No recurrence at end of twenty days. Patient not seen subsequently.
Case 8.
Case 8 E. H.—Marshalltown, Iowa. Private patient. American born. Varicocele on left side and oblique inguinal hernia. Operation April 16, 1906. Infiltration and removal of dilated veins in scrotum. Wound closed and inguinal canal followed by large needle. No blood aspirated and cold paraffin mixture with melting point 115 injected along canal. About forty minims thrown along canal and then puncture made at site of internal ring and half dram diffused at this point.
Personal communication one year later making final payment for operation. Patient cured and grateful.