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is practically non- poisonous. Finely pulverized, air- 

 slaked lime is extensively used for dusting on sores, 

 harness -galls and suppurating surfaces, and gives 

 admirable results. Common salt is also used as an 

 antiseptic in the strength of five to ten per cent by 

 weight, dissolved in water. Creolin is a good and 

 popular antiseptic and deodorizer; it is mixed with 

 water combined in the strength of one to two per cent. 

 Not all antiseptics work equally well on all wounds. 

 Sometimes a certain antiseptic will give excellent re- 

 sults, and on an apparently similar wound does not do 

 as well. In such cases it is well to cease and to try some 

 other. It is better to become familiar with one or two 

 good antiseptics than to dabble with a great variety 

 with which one is not familiar. 



