Antiseptics 155 



nou- poisonous, Finely pulverized, air-sJaked 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. 



