CORRESPONDENCE. 
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by Williams, (page 160, fifth edition), as “ Scrofulous Ostitis.” 
A great number of cases constantly come under my ob¬ 
servation during the spring and summer months, and the 
treatment either for the prevention of the escape of urine 
from the pervious urachus or the reduction of the inflamed 
and swollen condition of the joints is not always entirely sat¬ 
isfactory. The method that I have adopted for the closure 
of the urachus is as follows: a small flat needle armed with a 
catgut ligature, prepared in oil and carbolic acid, is passed 
through the skin, but to one side of the urachus, and passed 
out on the opposite side, and the ligature drawn through for 
six or eight inches ; the needle is again returned through the 
last formed hole and passed around the urachus upon the op¬ 
posite side and out the puncture first made by the needle. 
The ligature is then secured by a firm knot and the ends cut 
close. By this means the ligature is out of reach of the colt, 
the urachus is tied, but the skin is not strangulated below the 
ligature. If tied too tight the urachus becomes strangulated 
and sloughs from the ligature to the lumen within, and drib¬ 
bling is re-established. The internal treatment that I have 
adopted consists of lime water with the syrup of hypophos- 
phite of lime, soda, magnesia, &c.; by regulating the bowels 
and aiding digestion by the administration of pepsin, pancrea¬ 
tine, etc. I have never derived very marked benefits from 
local applications to the joints. Now if any of your readers 
have more successful methods of dealing with this disease, 
I should be greatly pleased to learn them through your 
columns, as it may be the means of saving many valuable ani¬ 
mals. Respectfully, 
G. Hess, M.D., D.V.S. 
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