/^ Ihrnia, 



cup of an equal diameter with that of the orifice of the 

 hernia. This cup may bt of porcelain, earthenware, or 

 glass, in order that ttie liquor wiiich it is to contain may 

 not penetrate it, nor lose any of iis viitue, nor undergo 

 anv aheration. 'J Ije educs of this cup arc widened a little, 

 that they may not incommode the patient when it is placed 

 in the truss. It is to be filled with wool, which must b(i 

 .changed every other day. 



" About two, three, or four hundred snails, according to 

 the size, are then to be procured, and kept in a place where 

 ihey may derive nutriment, because only two or three are 

 l^sed everv day, or six or eight if they are small. They are 

 more easily procured, and of a better quality, in spring-, 

 which is the most favourable season for this business. 



*' The patient every day before he rises, and after be is 

 in bed, takes away the cup from the truss, and with a pin 

 wounds the snail at intervals in different places. From 

 each wound the snail gives out, through theopenine: in his 

 shell, sometimes a blueish sometimes a gray- coloured water, 

 which must be caught on the wool in the cup. If the snaii 

 onlv gives out a thick froth, it must be thrown aside and 

 another taken insteatl. 



" TItc cup being sufficiently filled with liquor is to be 

 placed on the part affected, always very exactly in the same 

 situation ; it is then to be covered with a while linen cloth, 

 and apply on it the ball- of the truss. This truss, without 

 being too tight, must be sufficiently so to prevent the fluid 

 from escaping between the edge of the cup and the skin in 

 any posture. 



^* During this treatment, which will last three or four 

 months or more, the patient need not be kept to any par- 

 ticular regimen. 'J'he oi\ly precautions necessary, are to 

 fhav^ the part once every four davfi, and never to leave tlie 

 hernia lone; uncovered, m order to avoid cold. To press 

 more or less with the hand on the truss wb.cncver the pa- 

 tient is going to cough or sneeze, or make any effort what- 

 ever. If the cup rubs ofi' the akin on account of being 

 badly made, or on account of the hair being suffered to 

 grow too long, this treatment must be suspended until the 

 skin is well again. In this case the patient will take away 

 the truss altogether, if it can be done without the intestines 

 escaping through the opening ; this wili depend on the 

 position in which he is accustomed to lie in his bed. Du- 

 ring the day he will wear the truss dry, by filling the concar 

 viiv w'ith wool and putting a bit of cloth on the hernia. 



*' By this kiud of treataient a conniHiii hernia niay be 



cured 



