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posed of a leather strap wliich buckles round the neck, and a rope from 

 twenty-four to tiiirty feet long — the thickness of the little linger, or a 

 triHe less, according to the size of the animal. The neck-strap is not 

 indispensable, though it is useful in giving more firmness to the truss ; 

 it may be replaced by a thicker rope, or in the case of the Mare by an 

 ordinary draught collar. 



In order to aj>ply the bandage, the neck-strap or collar is first to be 

 put on ; the cord is then to be doubled in eijual parts and put across the 

 back, behind the withers, so that each portion may fall behind the 

 shoulders, to be passed under the chest. In front of the chest, the two 

 portions are crossed, the left passing to the right and the right to the 

 left. Each side is carried through the collar, and back over the front 

 of the shoulder, at the top of wliich both are tied in a simple knot, so 



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Fig. 216. 

 Rknaults Truss. 



as to be easily untied when required. At ten or twelve inches from 

 this, a firmer knot is tied, then several otliers beyond it towards the 

 loins — according to the length of the animal — and at nearly equal 

 distances as far as the root of the tail, where a sinqjle knot is tied. The 

 branches of the cord then separate on each side of the vulva, and unite 

 again by a simple knot below the inferior commissure; again separating, 

 each cord is carried between the hind-legs, brought up by the flank 

 towards the loins on each side, and tied over the back to one of the 

 loops there, as shown in Fig. 216. This truss can be made as easy or 

 tight as may be necessary ; its simplicity is its great recommendation.' 



' Hcir^burgh ( Veterinnrimu vol. xiv., p. 490) descrilxjs ft similar tru.ns, which he appliwl 

 t<> a Mare that had inverted the utenw three days after foaling. Giving the animal 

 some extract of hyoscvanius and gnm (pii, dissolved in a pint of warm water, to allay the 

 straining, aa soon as thi.n dose began to operate he reduced the organ. This waa done by 

 securing the animal, sponging over the uterus with a little vinegar and wat«-r, and 

 "taking hold of a clean t<iwel in the left hand, doubled, and the comers of the towel 



