204 



Journal of Agriculture. 



[8 April, 1908. 



bowel within the abdomen. This latter is a matter of some difficulty, and 

 it is best done bv turning the horse on his back, manipulating and pushing 

 the bowel with the left hand while the right hand is introduced into the 



1- 1;^. 26. Iiii,'uin,il llerni.i (scrotal rup- 

 ture) ; [a] scrotuna containing tes- 

 ticle ; [b) covering of spermatic 

 cord ; (c) loop of bowel that has 

 passed through inguinal canal along 

 with spermatic cord. (After Flem- 



rectuni and used to pull the intestines downward from the inguinal open- 

 ing. Sometimes it will be found impossible to effect the return of the 

 bowel without opening the scrotum and enlarging the inguinal opening 

 with a long j^robe-pointed and curved knife. After the bowel has been 

 returned a pair of wooden clams should he put on above the testicles and 

 as near the abdominal wall as possible so that the re-entry of the bowel 

 into the inguinal canal may be. made difficult. The clams may be removed 

 in twenty-four hours. 



In tne castration of colts and young pigs affected with this kind of 

 rupture a special operation known as the " covered operation " is necessary 

 but this can only be done without danger by a skilled suix'^eon and 

 anatomist. 



