TECHNIC OF ANTISEPSY AND ASEPSY 63 
cresol (1 to 2 per cent.), corrosive sublimate (1 to 200), or of boric acid 
(4 percent.), complete the antisepsis previous to the operation. Dur- 
ing intestinal dizeresis, the parts taken out of the abdomen should be 
spread upon warm sterilized compresses ; the peritoneum should be 
kept free from any matter that may escape from the incision; the 
intestines should not be returned to the abdomen without perfect 
closing of the wound, and not until after the serous membrane, round 
the stitched parts, has been touched with a strong phenic acid solu- 
-tion, so as to give rise to slight adhesive inflammation. After the 
operation, for eight or ten days, the patient should receive only liquid 
food in small quantities (milk and bouillon for small animals, milk 
and hay tea for the others); the animal should receive its ordinary 
rations by degrees. 
Rectal asepsis. —For this a low diet should be taken for several days, 
and the same agents as those used for intestinal asepsis should be em- 
ployed, especially the rectal irrigations. Disinfection of the anus is 
accomplished as in the case of the healthy, sound skin. 
_ Nasal cavities are rendered aseptic by washes and with sterilized 
tepid water, followed by solutions of corrosive sublimate, 1 to 5,000, 
or of permanganate of potash, 1 to 1,000. 
The eye is an organ requiring delicate asepsis. It may be washed 
with sterilized water, a boric solution, 4 per cent., cresol, 1 to 150- 
200, or the following, recommended by Panas, for man: 
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Absolute alcohol......cccecceeseecee cece seen cee eeseees 20 grammes. 
Boiled filtered water....:.ccecucescececerceeneeereesnees 1,000 grammes. 
Corrosive sublimate must be used only in very weak solutions (1 to 
5,000). Instruments must be sterilized, especially if the operation is 
to be on the eyeball itself. 
The disinfection of the audifory canal is made with weak antisep- 
tic solutions. The skin is cleansed with tepid water and soap ; after 
it is well dried, injections are made of boric acid (3 to 4 per cent.), of 
permanganate of potash (1 to 1,000), ‘or corrosive sublimate (1 to 
5,000). If the secretion is abundant, it is advantageous to use pow- 
ders of bismuth, iodoform, salol, or dermatol. 
Antisepsis of the vagina is easy in most cases. First a soap wash- 
ing of the mucous is made ; then it is thoroughly irrigated with a 
boric (4 per cent.), cresyl (2 per cent.), or corrosive sublimate solution 
(1 to 2,000). These irrigations are repeated forseveraldays. Instead 
of a syringe, it is better to use an irrigator like that recommended 
for women by Tarnier, consisting of a glass reservoir with an India 
rubber tube, the extremity of which is introduced into the vagina. 
Vaginal disinfection is difficult when the mucous membrane is the 
seat of polypuses, ulcerated tumors, and in cases where it has been 
contaminated by the putrified afterbirth. 
