1Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, [22] October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
...in great pain as I have to wear a support belt with a lead seal that presses heavily against my groin, in order to prevent my colon from entering into my scrotum, which would inevitably lead to a strangulated hernia....the threat of a strangulated hernia, and he let me know that he would willingly see me even in my dressing gown. He had learned that I had received a letter from you,...
2Samuel K. Jennings to Thomas Jefferson, 13 September 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
strangulated hernia
3Thomas Appleton to Thomas Jefferson, 26 August 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
health; hernia [index entry] hernia [index entry]
4Philip Mazzei to Thomas Jefferson, 24 September 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
...am in great pain, as I have to wear a support belt with a lead seal that presses
heavily against my groin in order to prevent my colon from entering my scrotum, where it would inevitably produce a strangulated hernia.
5Thomas Jefferson to Nathaniel H. Hooe, 20 October 1810 (Jefferson Papers)
called on me in the evening and informed me it was a case of hernia, which he ...for several days in the easiest work, such as securing the fodder & tops, and stacking them, and had he told his complaint himself (tho’ indeed he does not appear to have suspected that it proceeded from his hernia) a physician might have been called in time perhaps to have relieved him.
6To George Washington from Johnson Cook, 1 October 1796 (Washington Papers)
...27 Nov. 1816, certified that the “extension tendons of the middle & ring fingers on the right hand have been divided, by a transverse cut … rendering that hand … half useless.” The deponent listed “a scrotal hernia” as one of Cook’s medical problems, in addition to a “scar on his thigh” caused by “the thrust of a bayonet.” In the 16 Nov. 1816 deposition (see n.10), the deponent testified...
7To George Washington from John Hurt, 12 April 1794 (Washington Papers)
...The enclosed certificate from Philadelphia physician and professor Caspar Wistar, Jr., of 11 April certified that Hurt “is affected with the disease known by the name of Hernia, which renders it necessary for him to avoid violent exertions of every kind, & also the effects of Cold, which, by producing Coughing might be very injurious to him” (...
8To Benjamin Franklin from the Baron de Holtzendorff, 24 June 1779 (Franklin Papers)
The young Cochran recovered from what was probably a hernia; for his adult career see
9To Benjamin Franklin from Barbeu-Dubourg, [26 May 1778] (Franklin Papers)
as a volunteer marine; unless he was “poor” because he suffered from a hernia, which seems unlikely, the letter had no relation to the inquiries that follow. As for Dalibard, the date of his death is usually given as 1779, though for some reason 1799 has also found favor, even with...
10To Benjamin Franklin from the Comte de Louitz(?), 21 March 1778 (Franklin Papers)
The list of outright beggars is short. On March 29 Lamoureux de la Genetière, in Paris, confides the disasters that have plagued him: parental debts, a son who broke his arm and then had a hernia, a beloved chambermaid who died of a putrid fever in his wife’s arms and gave her and his mother and daughter the fever, from which they almost died. He is on the verge of securing a position,...