...employed instead of ether narcosis, and describes the operation as follows : " The incision is made above the umbilicus and a little to the left of the median line, so that no injury may come to the vein in the round ligament. The liver is then inspected and palpated...

...use of ether being condemned in view of the danger of kidney complications : " The incision is made above the umbilicus, and a little to the left of the median line, to avoid injury to the vein in the round ligament. The liver is then inspected and palpated to confirm...

...never any great amount. Has lived mostly on milk. Has lost considerably in weight. For about two mouths has noticed a bunch in left side, which has gradually...History. — Patient has four brothers and four sisters 19 alive and well. No history of malignancy or tuberculosis. She remained in the hospital until operation,...

...subnormal temperature. He complained of excruciating epigastric pain at a point two or three inches above the umbilicus, and a little to the left of the median line. Examination of the abdomen showed some distension, tenderness in the painful area and a vague resistance...

...Tenderness over the aorta is usually quite marked, especially when pressure is made over the celiac plexus just above the umbilicus and a little to the left of the median line. Corroborative evidence is afforded by demonstrable ptoses of other organs, especially the kidney and...

...subnormal temperature. He complained of excruciating epigastric pain at a point two or three inches above the umbilicus, and a little to the left of the median line. Examination of the abdomen showed some distension, tenderness in the painful area and a vague resistance...

...recommend the following method under local anaesthesia or chloroform narcosis : The incision is made above the umbilicus and a little to the left of the median line, so that no injury may come to the vein in the round ligament. The liver is then inspected and palpated...

...patient had not only an inguinal, but also a ventral hernia, the latter an inch and three-quarters above the umbilicus and a little to the left of the median line; and when not recumbent, or if erect when not wearing a truss, a protrusion the size of an orange was...

...in extent, and occupied what may be described as the inner circle of the abdomen. About four inches above the umbilicus, and a little to the left of the median line, there was a small tumour about as big as a cob-nut ; evidently a protrusion through the linea alba....

...The method by which the operation is performed by the authors is as follows : "The incision is made above the umbilicus and a little to the left of the median line, so that no injury may come to the vein in the round ligament. The iiver'is then inspected and palpated...