122 SPRINGTIME SURGERY 



I did so, and the leaking stopped in a few hours. 

 Since then I have been using it continuously and 

 have had only a few fatalities. 



The treatment is as follows: Cast the patient 

 without ropes so it may be let up quickly when 

 through. Clip the hair around the umbilicus and 

 wash with soap and water. Rub dry with a clean 

 cloth. Cleanse the urachus with peroxide in a 

 syringe with a long, small nozzle clear into the 

 bladder. Wash the foam out with pure water. 

 Get a few drops of pure oil of turpentine in the 

 syringe, insert nozzle into the urachus to within 

 an inch and a half of the bladder, as near as can 

 be guessed. Inject turpentine slowly drawing the 

 syringe out at the same time then let the patient 

 up quickly. Inform the owner that the patient will 

 do some scratching for a while, and that if the 

 navel is leaking in three or four days the treat- 

 ment will have to be repeated. Generally one 

 treatment will suffice. Occasionally it takes two 

 or three. 



Females are more easily cured than males. If 

 all the urine passes from the urachus there is a 

 stricture of the urethra and it should be cathe- 

 terized if possible. 



