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patient should not be allowed to get up until three weeks have elapsed after the operation and then only if the wound is sound. The question of a supporting bandage or a truss will then have to be considered.—Treves, Manual of Operative Surgery, 1892, Vol. 2, page 530. A spring truss should not be worn after the operation as its pressure tends to cause premature absorption of the lymph, but the abdominal wall requiresa certain amount of support for some months. In infants this may be managed with a skein of Berlin wool as already described; but for children and adults the form of appliance known as Harrison's truss answers best. It consists of a well fitting pelvic band and two short thigh pieces made of linen; like a pair of very short drawers fitting tightly and fastened with lacers; a perineal band prevents its ascending, and may in
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