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1754 Albrecht von Describe congenital hernia
Haller

1714-1788 Percival pott Early surgery for congenital hernia

1722-1789 Pieter Camper Described Camper’s fascia; ascribed causes of
hernia to ‘lifting, bumping, falling’; described
etiology of congenital, direct and indirect hernias;
describe closure of processus vaginalis

1752-1832 Antonio Scarpa Described Scarpa fascia, Scarpa sheath
(cremasteric fascia), Scarpa triangle (femoral
triangle), Sliding hernia; improvement m hernia
repair techniques

1785 Richter Described Richter’s hernia - partial enterocele

1718-1841 Astley Cooper Described superior pubic ligament of Cooper;
cremasteric fascia and transversalis fascia;

1790 John Hunter Describe process vaginalis bemg contmuous with
tunica vaginalis and may be the cause of some
congenital nature of indirect hennas; descnbed
gubemaculum testis

1759-1816 Hesselbach Defined iliopubic tract; Describe ‘corona mortis’
Described importance of the medial tnangle of
groin (included the femoral canal) for direct hernia

1817 Juleus- Germian Post natal closure of processus vaginalis; made
Cloquet observations of the iliopubic tract;

1791-1870 John Gay Femoral sheath and canal

1734-1818 DeGimbemat Descnbed lacunar ligament; and its division in the
treatment of strangulated femoral hernia

1823 Bogros Bogros space - triangular space m iliac region

1888 Eduardo Bassini The father of ‘modem hernia surgery’

Bassini’s technique-“triple layer approximation to
the shelving edge of inguinal ligament”

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