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Spieghel, Adrian van der (1578-1625)

Born 1578.

Flemish anatomist.

Spieghelian hernia; a hernia through the anterior abdominal wall which arises from the lateral edge of the rectus abdominus where the semilunar and semi-circular lines cross.



Adrian P. Ireland