INGUINAL AND SCROTAL HERNIA 



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forcibly drawn out and twisted round and round in a spiral direction, and 

 a single or doul)le ligature applied as high up as possible. In cases where 

 no hernial pouch is presented or it has been shoved back into the abdom- 

 inal cavity it is advisable to freshen the borders of the orifice by means 

 of a blunt knife or curette; then stitch it up by a continuous suture of 

 catgut. After thoroughly disinfecting it for the second time, the external 



Fig. 126. — Scrotal hernia of right side. 



wound is to be stitched and covered with an antiseptic dressing held in 

 position by niBans of a bandage (eight-tailed) around the body. 



Inguinal and Scrotal Hernia. 



{Hernia Inguinalis and Scrotalis.) 



The inguinal canal of the dog is located in the abdominal muscles 

 with the seminal cord, and runs from the testicles into the abdominal 

 cavity. In the bitch we find a round ligament from the end of the Fallo- 

 pian tube toward the subcutis. Inguinal hernia may be produced by a 



