1. Without opening up the inguinal canal no complete operation can be performed. 2. It is n matter of little importance what YOU do with the hernial sac; it has no bearing on the case, as long as you dispose of it so as to leave the inner surface of the abdominal wall perfectly smooth, since that condition is characteristic of it in the llealtlip subject. A new sac forlns with the greatest readiness, if at any point the mid-stratum of the abdominal wall is defective. 3. There is no evidence in favour of opposing the arrangeinents of Nature by displacing the cord, as in Bassini’s method. 4. To properly reconstruct the canal, the internal oblique and conjoined tendon should be brought down to Poupart’s ligament, not merely to the edge of the external oblique. 5. The cornplebe overlapping of the pillars of the external ling forms a firm basis of support for the healing of the underlying conjoined tendon.