62 ANTISEPTIC TREATMENT OF WOUNDS. 
VI. ANTISEPTIC MODE OF TREATING WOUNDS. 
I have stated in a former chapter that the method of treating 
wounds in human surgery cannot entirely be utilized in vet- 
erinary surgery, because veterinarians, in contrast to human 
surgeons, cannot always apply a strictly occlusive bandage. 
In human surgery, where the wound is left to itself, banda- 
ging is the one method of treating it, while in veterinary sur- 
gery we must distinguish between wounds which can be 
bandaged and those which cannot. Most veterinary authors 
seem to be of the opinion that antisepsis is impossible with- 
out an occlusive bandage, but as this is not the case, we will 
have to consider those methods by which wounds can be 
treated antiseptically without them. 
These methods and the possibilities in this direction will 
be explained in this chapter. 
In view of the above fact we distinguish: 
Ist. Wound treatment with the occlusive bandage. 
(a) Dry bandage. 
(b) Moist bandage. 
and. Open wound treatment. 
(a) Treatment under the dry scab. 
(b) Irrigation with antiseptics and afterwards dusting 
with iodoform. 
The object of a dry occlusive bandage is to keep an aseptic 
wound aseptic. This is reached by the following means: 
The disinfected wound is covered with a pad of jute, which 
is moistened with a I per cent. solution of sublimate water. 
On top of this pad we put wadding, gauze, or any bandaging 
material which should be disinfected by dipping them in a 1 
per cent. solution of sublimate, and which should extend con- 
siderably beyond the wound on all sides. With the aid of a 
