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which was held in place with strong rubber webbing passed 
around the body, along the back and tail, so that no movement 
of the animal could displace it. On the morning of the 30th 
the abdomen was much swollen and the animal off its feed from 
constitutional disturbance, for which he received the usual 
treatment. The first four days I left the truss unmolested ; 
as the skin was considerably bruised, I injected an antiseptic 
solution around and under it. After the fourth day I took it 
off every third day, and reduced the piece of wood with a knife, 
while an assistant supported the hernia. This was continued 
for 20 days. When swelling had disappeared, I injected salt 
water at four points around the orifice. In 30 days the orifice 
was closed. I, however, thought it advisable to keep the truss 
in place two weeks longer, at which time he had made a perfect 
recovery.” 
The hernia co-existing with an external wound was described 
under the head of abdominal wounds in preceding chapters. 
