About 3,700 years ago, historical records indicate, a hernia would be treated with a truss. Unfortunately for early patients, the compression provided by the truss really didn’t work. Though these ...

Read before the Suffolk District Medical Society, Section for Obstetrics and Diseases of Women, December 26, 1900. Select the format you want to export the citation of this publication.

That weird lump you found when you were in the shower? Don’t panic. It may be a hernia. Surgeon Dr. Rodney Barker explains why hernias are not that big of a deal but do need surgery. Scot is shocked ...