400 DISEASES OF THE INTESTINES. 



there appears a prospect of success by the use of a common 

 circingle, made broad, and placed backward enough to con- 

 fine a pad of tow or folded linen upon the part, after the 

 hernia is reduced. Success, however, by such simple means 

 must entirely depend upon their judicious application and 

 persevering continuance. Should the volume of the tumour 

 or intractability of our patient be such as to render means 

 of so simple a cliaracter inapplicable or unavailing, Hurtrel 

 d^Arboval recommends us to pinch up the loose skin cover- 

 ing the hernia, after it is reduced into a fold, and apply 

 long clams upon the duplicature, sufficiently compressed to 

 maintain the fold without running the risk of obstructing 

 the circulation : the same procedure in fact as is recom- 

 mended by him for umlnlical hernia, taking great care to 

 avoid what occurred in Mr. King's case, viz., the intrusion 

 between the clams of any portion of intestine. Mr. Ions 

 has adopted this plan of cure with good success. 



In April, 1839, a bay fillj was brought to his establishment at Water- 

 ford, who had received an injury two months before from the horn of a 

 cow between the cartilages of the false ribs, inclining to the flank. 

 The opening was six inches in length. No inflammation ensued, and 

 Mr. Ions felt inclined to try what pressure would do. Mr. Ions first re- 

 turned the intestine, and then placed a pair of castrating clams over the 

 skin and pouch, and had the parts kept wet with a solution of nitre. In 

 a fortnight the whole sloughed away, leaving only a thick cicatrix the 

 length of the clam. During the latter part of the time a solution of 

 sulphate of copper was used. The filly is now at grass, perfectly sound. — 

 * Veterinarian' for 1839. 



Mr. Simonds, V.S., Twickenham, has adopted the same 

 plan of cure as has been practised with such happy results 

 by Mr. Pattie, in umbilical hernia, viz., ligature. The 

 following case will illustrate his mode of procedure, at the 

 same time that it evinces the complete success by \vhlch it 

 has been attended : 



A mare, in leaping some hurdles, forcibly struck her right flank, the 

 result of which was a rupture. Several months afterwards Mr. Simonds 

 saw her, and purchased her for experiment. " The tumour measured 

 eight inches in circumference at its larger and upper part, and in length 



