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infected by putting them into a carbolic solution. These cases 
fill all requirements which I expect from an instrument case 
and-which I have to carry with me for treating wounds. 
As a disinfectant I use sublimate which I carry with me 
in a glass tube in the shape of 22 ANGERER’S pastilles. 
As bandaging material, two bands (cambric or mull bands, 
5 m. long, 7 cm. wide), with a corresponding quantity of jute 
wadding or other bandaging material that can be conveniently 
carried along. 
With these few remedies a regular antisepsis can be car- 
ried out, and I mostly limit myself in my practice to them, 
for the more simple an apparatus is, the more simple is its 
application. ; 
My placing this simple antiseptic outfit first is to show that 
without any special inconvenience everything can be carried 
along to comply with the requirements of antisepsis, and that 
many of the items mentioned in the preliminary chapters rep- 
resent a luxury to a certain extent, that can be carried along if 
we are not too particular as to the cost and room. For in- 
stance, he who rides in his own vehicle, while practicing, can 
conveniently carry iodoform, carbolic acid, disinfected silk, 
several bandages, etc., etc., besides the above mentioned out- 
fit. In hospital practice we can have even more conveniences, 
for instance, irrigators, iodoform sprays, etc. However, as 
mentioned above, I confine myself to the most necessary, and 
as a rule carry only the first mentioned items with me; if, 
however, I know that an operation will be necessary, I also 
take along the following articles:—iodoform, pure carbolic 
acid, brush, 200-300 g jute or fatless wadding, 4 or 5 cambric 
and mull bands each 5 m. in length, 7 cm. wide. All this can 
be easily transported in a small tin box. , 
On farms with much live stock it is well to keep at hand all 
such materials for disinfection. Some farms in my locality 
have, on my advice, furnished themselves with bandaging 
cases, which contain the following: : 
1,000 grams jute (in plaits). j 
1,000 g¢ fatless wadding. 
