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reduction of the gut may be commonly 

 affected by the apphcation of the texts or 

 pressure, 1 have performed this operation, and 

 the accident never occur ao-ain. 



With regard to symptoms of scrotal hernia, 

 for that is the only one class you can well 

 discover, the animal paws continually, lays 

 down and as frequently gets up, sweats pro- 

 fusely about his loins and quarters ; sometimes 

 they roll, but this appears with such difficulty, 

 that after immediately doing so, they will 

 'umpup, and that so suddenly, that it is difficult 

 to get out of their way ; if it be an eiltlre 

 Horse*, (for if not, do not trouble yourself,) 

 examine well the scrotum, and ypir will inl- 

 mediately find which is diseased, by its fulness 

 and tensity ; having satisfied yourself on this 

 point, have the Horse's four legs secured, and 

 drawn by a rope until he completely lays on 

 Ijis back ; this being done, endeavour to return 

 the gut, by taking hold of the scrotum of the 

 diseased side, and press the gut to return 

 through your fore-finger and thumb ; should 

 you not be able to accomplish this matter, you 

 must have recourse to the operation for 

 hernia : which is, take the diseased sac into 

 your left hand lightly ; then, instead of cutting 



* I have made this remark, because some writers talk of 

 scrotal hernia in geldings. I must confess, although having 

 been bred almost a Horse myself, I never saw it. 



at the most pendulous part of the sac, as in 

 castration, be exceedingly cautious, and cut into 

 the sac near the seam or pubis, running between 

 the sacs of tlie scrotum. Now be careful, 

 have your scalpel in good order, and divide 

 the integuments carefully, until you can feel 

 with your finger the contents of the sac : let 

 your opening be so small that you can only 

 admit the point of your fore-finger ; note mark, 

 if the sac should be so large or dilated, first 

 make an incision on the side, so that you may 

 introduce your fore-finger as far as you can, 

 then make a second cut, allowing your finger 

 to be the (Hrector ; this being accomplished, 

 introduce your finger into the abdomen and 

 feel for the abdominal ring, wliich you will 

 easily do, if steady and careful ; when you have 

 accomplished this, let an assistant hand you a 

 concealed history, run the history down your 

 finger for a director, and partially cut through 

 the ring, having the edge of your history 

 bearing forward and upward ; should you 

 succeed in reducing the hernia at first, you 

 have gained your object, but if not, you may 

 try again ; but here, as before, with the greatest 

 caution, and divide the ring, should such he 

 required ; immediately castrate the Horse on 

 that side, 

 and soft food, as bran mashes, &c 



Give a gentle dose of medicine 



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