RUNNING GEAR — RUPTURE 



Running Gear. — See Lock^ Under-carriage. 



Rupture, or Hernia, is a trouble which is far beyond the 

 power of any amateur practitioner to dream of dealing with ; 

 consequently, the only advice that can be offered on the 

 subject is for the owner of a ruptured horse which suddenly 

 develops the infirmity to seek professional advice at once. 

 The distinction between hernia and rupture is that in the 

 case of the former the intestine protrudes through a natural 

 opening, and in that of the latter through the muscular walls, 

 though not through the skin. Hernia is said to be reducible 



Ruptuie Truss. 



when the part projecting can be replaced in its former 

 position, irreducible when this cannot be done, and strangu- 

 lated when the circulation of the blood is interfered with, 

 causing inflammation to set in, and these may be produced, 

 amongst other causes, by a sudden strain. Foals frequently 

 display the effects of rupture in the region of the navel, this 

 being often a hereditary weakness. In such cases a wide 

 bandage may be passed round the body to keep the pro- 

 truding part in its place, or a specially designed truss may 

 be used with possibly satisfactory results. 



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