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the intestine forward and downward the other 

 hand pressing on the scrotum, relieved the 

 animal in a few minutes. The animal should not 

 be used for any purpose for a week or ten days. If 

 this cannot be accomplished in this way the horse 

 will have to be operated upon. 



Ventral hernia is the name given when 

 the bowel or its covering passes through an 

 opening in the walls of the abdomen. This 

 is usually caused by injuries. Soon after 

 the accident happens there will be consider- 

 able swelling of the surrounding tissue, which 

 makes it sometimes difficult to determine whether 

 there is a hernia or not. This inflammation or 

 swelling is best reduced by constant applications 

 of acetate of lead, one-half ounce to the quart of 

 water. In the majority of cases of this kind of 

 rupture it is best not to do anything after the 

 swelling is reduced. This kind of rupture seldom 

 becomes strangulated. 



