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thousand animals for hernia, using the shoemaker seam, of which he lost but 
three, and they died of tetanus. 
The history of cases of hernia that have occurred within the past few years I 
have not mentioned, as, undoubtedly, they are known to all the members of this 
Society. 
Case No. 1.—A three year old gelding, owned by Mr. S., was treated for 
umbilical hernia by counter-irritation and astringent. To this treatment I 
objected, on the ground that the ring was too large; but the treatment was con¬ 
tinued for two months, and then terminated in strangulated umbilical hernia. I 
was then called. I cut through the skin, enlarged the ring to allow the intestines 
to go back, but, as mortification had set in, was unsuccessful. 
Case No. 2.—An eighteen months old gelding, owned by Mr. M., had 
umbilical hernia. I operated after the method of Traeger, by placing a ring of 
sufficient size over the hernia, and, with a pair of forceps, pulled the skin through 
the ring, placed a ligature between the belly and the ring, and, by so doing, 
strangulated the surplus skin. On the third day I placed the second ligature in 
the same place, and on the tenth day the slough was complete, and a good 
recovery was made. 
Case No. 8.—A bull dog, King of the West, owned by Mr. R., was injured 
by a cow. The injury produced a ventral hernia of a very large size; his owner 
brought him to me to be operated upon; I made an eight-inch wooden clamp, 
pulled the skin tight, and then placed the clamp over the ring and fastened it the 
same as in castration, only temporary; then I put three screws through the skin 
and clamp. The skin sloughed off in fourteen days and made a good recovery, 
so that even now no scar can be seen. 
Case No. 4.—A four year old gelding, owned by Mr. O., had inguinal hernia. 
Treatment.—I first reduced the hernia through the rectum, as advised by Roupp; 
then placed a clamp as tight to the ring as possible, and fastened with screws as 
before stated; in thirteen days the slough was complete, and a good recovery 
made. 
Case No. 5 .—A three year old mare, owned by Mr. V., had a very large 
umbilical hernia. I operated with the clamp, and was unsuccessful. Operated the 
second time with the shoemaker seam. I placed a temporary clamp on top of 
the ring, pulled the skin tight and made the seam between the ring and the 
clamp. The operation was successful. This method is recorded in Herring’s 
Snrgery, page 204. 
Case No. 6.—A five year old mare, owned by Mr. S., had a ventral hernia. I 
operated with the clamp; the slough completed as usual, but with no good 
results. 
Case No. 7.—A male colt, four weeks old, owned by Mr. M., had a double 
direct inguinal hernia; it was so large that the colt could not stand erect to nurse 
longer than a minnte; it learned to reduce the hernia with its own mouth. I 
operated after the method adopted by Seblanc, reported in “Foster’s Surgery,” 
page 359. Two men held the colt suspended by his hind legs; this brought 
the hernia back. I used the curved needle with cat-gut; placed the needle a 
half-inch back from the edge of the ring; pierced through the outer skin and 
abdominal muscle, then carried the needle to the opposite side of the ring, half an 
