308 SCEOTAL HERNIA. 



disposition of the parts. The hernia, especially in adult 

 animals, may become strangulated from a violent strain, &c. 

 Symptoms of severe colic and obstruction are noticed, as in 

 cases of volvulus. The enlarged scrotum at once indicates 

 the nature of the cause of suffering in these cases. 



Fig. 107. (GlKARD.) 



SCBOTAL HKRNIA, showing at a a the fold of intestine in the scrotum ; c c is the wall 

 of tue hernial sac; e represents the elevation of the tunical vaginalis produced by the 

 testicle. 



