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(b) Sublimate water is easily had by dissolving a sub- 
limate tablet in water. It is used for the disinfection of 
wounds and their region, of the hands, and in case of neces- 
sity also of the instruments; sublimate does not affect the 
instruments as bad as is usually supposed, and the operat- 
ing instruments especially do not get dull. In such sublimate 
water I usually also soak my bandaging materials shortly be- 
fore putting it on by simply dipping the wadding, bandage, etc., 
into the water and then wringing it out moderately. 
(c) Sublimate glycerine gelatine I recommend for covering 
superficial excoriations and sutured wounds. Simple gelatine, 
also glue, can be used by soaking it in as little as possible 1 
per cent. sublimate water solution and then dissolving it by 
slight heating. To the glue thus formed 5 per cent. of glycerine 
is added to prevent the preparation from getting brittle. For 
using, the preparation is melted by a gentle fire, and with a 
camel’s hair brush applied to the parts. I no longer use this 
preparation, as J have discovered more convenient remedies. 
Recently LISTER mentions a few more sublimate prepara- 
tions, which, chiefly on account of their price, have no special 
value in veterinary surgery, namely, the serosublimate and 
the double chloride of mercury. The former consists of a I 
per cent. solution of sublimate in horse blood serum, on ac- 
count of the albumen, it sticks better on the bandaging material 
and does not irritate sensitive skin. The latter is a mixture of 
hydrarg. bichlor. corr. with ammon. chloridum 2-5; from this 
salt watery solutions (1:2000) slightly colored with blue anilin 
colors are used for the impregnation of the bandaging ma- 
terial. The bandaging materials thus dyed are a reagent for 
suppuration, for as soon as there is any trace of suppuration 
the .blue anilin coloring matter gets white. Besides, this 
preparation is said to be less volatile and poisonous. 
[The high value of mercuric chlorid in veterinary operations 
has been repeatedly and forcibly demonstrated especially to 
the surgeon, who has by experimentation compared the re- 
sults obtained with that of other antiseptics. In points of 
uniformity of action, reliability, effectiveness and economy it is 
