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med smaller to correspond with the diminishing size of the 

 breach. Several excellent recoveries from this treatment 

 have been recorded, among which the following is the most 

 remarkable : 



Fig. 182 



A bay driver, hitched to a post having a rounded top, 

 jumps over the post and is empaled at a point midway be- 

 tween the umbilicus and the pubis. It required the assistance 



Fig. 183 

 FlGS. 180, 181, 182 and 183— Forms of Ventral Hernias in Bovines. 



of a force of men to lift him off. When released a ventral her- 

 nia the size of a large bucket immediately appeared. The 

 breach was round and six inches in diameter. A body band- 

 age was applied to retain the intestines temporarily. Later 



