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few days after, and at the post mortem an internal champignon, 
attached to the strings of the right cord, was found in the abdom¬ 
inal cavity, weighing no less than 120 pounds (60 kilogrammes). 
—Recueil Medecine Vetermaire. 
INGUINAL HERNIA—SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS—RECOVERY. 
By M. P. Courtial. 
A thirty-months-old stallion is affected with a large inguinal 
hernia of the left side. It is easily reducible, and when reduced 
the inguinal ring allows the introduction of four lingers brought 
together. The testicle on that side cannot be felt. The hernia 
has existed for at least six months. His owner consenting 
to the great risk of the operation, the colt is thrown down, 
put on his back, the hernia reduced, and the atrophied 
testicle is then felt as it comes down the ringr. The animal is 
castrated by the covered operation. Six days later the clam, 
which had been applied on the cord, is removed. To do so, the 
left hind leg is secured with a rope and carried forward. As the 
left clam is cut off, the animal makes a violent elfort, and the 
intestine protrudes through the ring, soon hanging down to the 
hock. With rapidity the horse is thrown down again and se¬ 
cured ; the intestine is returned carefully into the abdomen, and 
the edges of the wound, brought together again, are secured by a 
clam above the place where the first one had been. The animal 
shows slight colicky pain, but otherwise does well. Eleven days 
after the second clam fell off, and the horse made a perfect 
recovery. 
In conclusion the author savs : “ To remove the clams after 
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castration in hernia, never carry the hind leg forward, as by it 
pressure is made upon the intestinal mass, and possibly the intes¬ 
tine may enter the ring and tear off the cicatrix, which is not yet 
strong enough to resist it. Secondly—It is better to let the clam 
fall by itself, as in umbilical hernia, as then the cicatrix is suffi¬ 
ciently strong to resist the weight of the intestines .—Journal de 
Zootechnie. 
