title: The strangulated umbilical hernia of Queen Caroline.
abstract: One of the lessons we learn from medical history is how great the improvement has been in the management of commonplace surgical emergencies. Less than three hundred years ago, the Queen of England, in her healthy middle age, died of a straightforward strangulated umbilical hernia.
authors.forename: Harold
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ellis
mesh_terms: D004739:England; D005197:Famous Persons; D006554:Hernia, Umbilical; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans