Reduction of an Irreducible Inguinal Hernia by the Smoking of Indian Hemp

Ind Med Gaz. 1881 Aug 1;16(8):227.

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To my utter astonishment, no sooner did the man take a strong pull at his hookah, than the rupture went back with the usual gurgling noise that attends its reduction. The man was immensely glad, and so was I.