serious suppuration is avoided much more readily than following the open operation.
Only the operator thoroughly acquainted with the manner of disposition of paraffin should attempt the injection of hernia.
Simplicity.
To the skilled operator the injection treatment is exceedingly simple and the injection method must always be far more simple than the open operation can ever become.
A hernia can be injected without haste in from two to four minutes.
An assistant is of no use.
The open operation cannot be performed without the aid of several trained assistants, and without elaborate and expensive preparations, it is not feasable as anything but a hospital operation.
Hospital surgeons may be expected to condemn the injection treatment of hernia, as it will open to thousands of the profession a field
which has hitherto been monopolized by the surgeons with hospital facilities.