A HERMAPHRODITE OPERATION 99 



some experimental operating on my part, and as 

 the owner agreed to it, the experiment was made. 



This animal was cast and chloroformed; the 

 tail bandaged and the operative field cleansed. 

 A sterile soft catheter was introduced and the 

 bladder and the urethra irrigated with an anti- 

 septic solution. The penis was dissected one 

 and one-half inches inward and upward and ampu- 

 tated, leaving the urethra protruding one-fourth 

 of an inch. The catheter was left in situ and the 

 bladder and urethra irrigated daily with a five 

 per cent potassium permanganate solution for one 

 week. The wound was given a daily dry dressing. 



Owing to the position and irregular size of the 

 urethra the amputation was much more difficult 

 than this operation is ordinarily. Two weeks 

 later a second operation was performed by lay- 

 ing open the urethra for a distance of three 

 inches, thus for urinary purposes replacing a 

 vulva. The wound was packed and the edges al- 

 lowed to heal without uniting. From this open- 

 ing the urine is now expelled as expeditiously 

 as it is from the urethra of a mare. 



