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Richter's line
Associated persons:
Alexander Monro, secundus
August Gottlieb Richter
Description:
A line between umbilicus and the upper anterior ilium.
Monro’s point, a place of incision in ascites, is on this line. The point is named for Alexander Monro, secundus, Scottish physician, 1733-1817. See under Monro family.
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