Care of Navels in Newborn* 



By W. L. Williams, V. S., author of "Veterinary Obstetrics," 

 "Surgical and Obstetric Operations," etc., Professor of 

 Surgery in the New York State Veterinary College, 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 



The care of the navel of the new-born domes- 

 tic animal has been the subject of much differ- 

 ence of opinion amongst veterinarians and lay- 

 men and has been greatly influenced by compari- 

 son with the theories and practices of human 

 obstetrics. 



In general we accept as a truism in practice 

 that a given course of action is alike applicable 

 in all mammalia and hence that the correct 

 method of dealing with the navel of a child will 

 apply to all mammals. There are however some 

 very important differences among mammals which 

 serve to test the applicability in practice of this 



♦Reprinted from the American Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 



April, 1911. 



