Annals of surgery . TREATMENT OF HERNIA, 529 abdomen. This is allowed to remain a week or ten days, whenfresh plaster is applied. In children it has been found impossibleto keep any form of belt in place, although the belt is the routinetreatment in the adult cases. Each belt is provided with a padvarying in shape and size. When reducible, a pad is always usedunder the belt. A large proportion are irreducible in whole orin part, and some of these are more comfortably supported bythe belt alone, with the intervention of a soft cloth to preventfriction. The omentum is more frequently the irreduc
Annals of surgery . TREATMENT OF HERNIA, 529 abdomen. This is allowed to remain a week or ten days, whenfresh plaster is applied. In children it has been found impossibleto keep any form of belt in place, although the belt is the routinetreatment in the adult cases. Each belt is provided with a padvarying in shape and size. When reducible, a pad is always usedunder the belt. A large proportion are irreducible in whole orin part, and some of these are more comfortably supported bythe belt alone, with the intervention of a soft cloth to preventfriction. The omentum is more frequently the irreducible part. If inaddition to this a portion of intestine, which is reducible, formsthe contents of the sac, it is found possible to control the latterwith a pad, while the former requires only the support of the belt. It is exceptional to find patients even with irreducibleomentum in umbilical hernia complaining of more than discom-fort, and this is relieved by proper support. There has not cometo our knowledge durin
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