304 CARBOLIC ACID IN FEVERS. SULPHO- 



six ounces containing 105 grains -of pure carbolic acid 

 were introduced, the animal appearing to suffer no 

 inconvenience from it after the first trembling, conse- 

 quent upon the disturbing influence upon the circula- 

 tion, had subsided. The cow gradually improved, 

 and at length perfectly recovered. 



Mr. Crookes very correctly observes that the theo- 

 retical views, the experiments, and results he has put 

 on record, have an interest and bearing far beyond the 

 sphere of cattle plague, applying, as every argument 

 brought forward, and every result obtained in the 

 course of his experiments does, with overwhelming 

 force to such visitations as typhus and typhoid fever, 

 small-pox, diphtheria, and cholera. The free use of 

 such agents, or carbolic acid amongst us, he believes, 

 might save the country, not only from the ravages of 

 these pestilences, but go far to ameliorate the physical 

 conditions of the people. 



It seems a pity that this, a plan of treatment of such 

 promise, should not have been tried upon an extended 

 scale upon the contagious fevers of man. I believe 

 that few people would object to live for days or weeks 

 in an atmosphere impregnated with carbolic acid, 

 for the smell is one of those to which we soon get 

 accustomed, and endure without disgust. In the late 

 war, there were many opportunities of putting to the 

 test the value of carbolic acid, but I am not aware 

 that the air of any one ward or room set apart for the 

 reception of the wounded was kept constantly impreg- 



