424 CREOLIN 



and a half, and another thirty minims daily for four weeks 

 without injury. Sheep and goats have taken with impunity 

 two to six fluid drachms. Very large doses have been given 

 by the mouth without provoking serious symptoms. The 

 in-rubbing even of concentrated solutions is well borne. 

 Frohner records that at the Berlin Veterinary College 

 upwards of 1000 mangy dogs have been treated with creolin 

 lotions without a mishap. A thousand horses suffering 

 from mange have been dressed with a 10 per cent, solution ; 

 sheep suffering from scab have been dipped in a 2J per cent, 

 solution ; while 20,000 sheep are stated to have been washed 

 with creolin dips in Prussia in 1888. Further testimony 

 of its innocuous and non-irritant character is adduced by 

 Spath and two of his colleagues, who took daily from thirty 

 minims to two fluid drachms without loss of appetite, 

 nausea, or disturbance of circulation or secretion. The 

 larger doses diminished the amount of intestinal gas, the 

 faeces lost their distinctive smell, and the urine contained 

 less indican, and, although kept for several days in a warm 

 room, did not decompose. 



MEDICINAL USES. At the several Continental veterinary 

 schools Creolin-Pearson or Jeyes' Fluid, is much used, and 

 is characterised as the cheapest and best antiseptic and 

 disinfectant. It is not often prescribed internally, but, as 

 already indicated, in gastro-intestinal derangements it is 

 effectual in checking undue fermentation, and lessening 

 the fcetor and acridity of the excretions. As a surgical 

 antiseptic, it has the merit of being non-irritant and non- 

 poisonous. It does not dry or harden the operator's 

 hands, or spoil the steel instruments, as carbolic acid does. 

 With glycerin and water it is a serviceable gargle in aphthous 

 ulcerated conditions of the mouth and throat. It is inhaled 

 in ozaena, strangles, bronchitis, pneumonia, and purpura. 

 In the form of injection it is useful in retention of the fo3tal 

 membranes, metritis, cystitis, and otorrhoea. It destroys 

 skin parasites, whether animal or vegetable, in all animals, 

 and is recommended in chronic eczema. It is used for the 

 several purposes of a disinfectant. Creolin has been 

 thoroughly tested by Albrecht and Frohner, who report 

 most favourably of its antiseptic value in the treat- 



