INTRODUCTION. 
For the modern surgeon- there is but one fundamental 
maxim, which is leading and deciding in all its applications, 
namely : 
“All accidental diseases caused by wounds (erysipelas, cel- 
lulitis, suppuration, pyaemia, septicaemia, etc.,) are caused by 
the immigration of vegetable life into the wounds as well as into 
their surroundings.” 
LISTER was the first person to express himself in this 
sense, and he proved his opinion by the results of the “Anti- 
septic Treatment of Wounds,” inaugurated by him. For years 
the results of this method was the only proof that LISTER’S 
view, in regard to the accidental wound diseases, was cor- 
rect, until by the bacteriological investigations of R. KOCH, 
ROSENBACH, PASSET and others, the experimental proofs 
were found. Thus LISTER was the founder of a new princi- 
ple in the treatment of wounds, which was then, in view of 
the fact that it lead the chief points of consideration against 
septic processes in wounds, named “ANTISEPTIC.” Re- 
cently there was some argument in regard to whether the 
name “Antiseptic” was still justified, as it refers also to sup- 
puration, which is not a sepsis. In my opinion these argu- 
ments are superfluous, as the word “Antisepsis,” which has 
been universally adopted, and freely discussed, means the 
“combating of accidental diseases of wounds.” No matter how 
much the technics of the methods may change, LISTER’S 
idea, which is expressed in the above sentence, must always 
determine the treatment of wounds. I must abstain from a 
discussion of the accidental wound diseases, as the limit of this 
work would be transgressed. Veterinary science cannot ex- 
clude itself from the advantages of this method, and most 
