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syringes. A list is made out with the names of the patients and the 

 age of the cords that is, the number of days they have been drying, 

 and the day of the month corresponding, which is the date on the 

 bottle, and the dose, e. y.: 



FOR JUNE 24, 1898. 



Cord. Date. Dose. 



George Williams 10 days June 14 3 c.c. 



Edward Cook 5 days June 10 2 c.c. 



' 'These lists are made out and put on the table the day before the 

 treatment, and are entered in the case book, which records the 

 circumstances of the patient's case, e. g., name, age, seat of bite, 

 number of bites, animal that inflicted bites, cauterized or not, what 

 has become of the animal, etc. 



" The temperature of the cord room and of the outside atmosphere, 

 and the result of the culture are recorded in a book on the table in 

 the main room. We now take the tray and go to the patient. 



Treatment of the Patient. "The patient is permitted to stand, 

 sit, or lie down, as he or she may desire. The Pravaz syringes and 

 needles, which have been filled with 3 per cent, carbolic acid solution, 

 are emptied and washed out with sterilized water. These syringes, 

 holding 3 c.c., are filled by thrusting a needle through the paper cap 

 of the wine-glass; then the abdominal region of the patient is bared 

 and the site of the injection (hypochondria, or anywhere on abdomen), 

 avoiding large veins, is wiped with filter paper wet with 3 per cent, 

 carbolic acid solution. Then the skin is raised in a fold between the 

 fingers and the needle is thrust well into the subcutaneous tissue. 

 It is important to avoid injecting the layers of the skin, which is 

 painful, and to avoid sites of previous injection. After the injection 

 a piece of filter paper wet with the carbolic acid solution is put on 

 the skin and allowed to remain for a few seconds. 



"We have not modified the dose relative to age. In our youngest 

 patient, a girl of two and a half years old, and an old lady, aged 

 eighty-four years, the same doses were given. At times there are 

 redness and induration in the connective tissue, but there has never 

 been pus, never cellulitis of the slightest gravity. Hot-water appli- 

 cations on towels suffice to remove any trivial incoveniences. The 

 treatment occupies twenty-one days at least. 



"First day (thirteenth- and fourteenth-day cord) 3 c.c. each at 



