VENTRAL HERNI.E. 



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or even larger. They rarely become strangulated, and consequently 

 seldom interfere with the usefulness of the animal unless when 

 wounded. Usually they had best be left alone. Their treatment 

 is similar to that of umbilical hernia (p. 292). 



^Fig,-ii4.- 



-Truss for umbilical hernia. 



[Other Forms of Hernia. 



The horse is liable to other forms of hernia (crural, diaphrag- 

 matic and pelvic), which are so rare, or so little amenable to treat- 

 ment that they need not be considered here. 



