General Management. II 
of their skin. On physiological grounds it is especially 
essential, and notably with invalid subjects, that clothing 
and bedding should be manufactured from materials having 
hygienic properties. 
Many chemically-treated substances have been alleged to 
possess all the requirements of health and its continued 
maintenance, but they have, after due trial, failed to come 
up to the necessary standard, even for a temporary period ; 
whilst I am unaware of any answering to the description of 
a permanent hygienic or antiseptic material manufactured 
for bodily wear beyond that of ‘“‘ Petanelle,” a textile fabric 
of peat. 
That peat possesses very decided and powerful antiseptic 
properties has long been recognised, though very far from 
being sufficiently acknowledged with the progress of sanitary 
science. 
The fact of animal and human bodies having been found 
in a state of perfect preservation in peat, after the lapse of 
centuries, is probably the strongest confirmatory evidence 
of its great antiseptic power. 
Strange, though in itself the offspring of plant decom- 
position, it should in its altered state become an important 
factor in sterilising other micro-organisms associated with 
decomposition. Yet such is the case ; and in “ Petanelle” 
we have a simple, valuable, and xatural antiseptic clothing 
within reach of all, fulfilling the requirements of animal and 
human invalidism, extinguishing offensive skin exhala- 
tions, and rendering, to a very great extent, transmissible 
diseases untransmissible. For greyhounds, especially used 
for coursing, “‘ Petanelle” is a most commendable clothing, 
whilst going to the opposite extreme, it is equally valuable 
as a covering for fine-coated and delicate, highly-sensitive 
skinned toy canine pets, which are far too frequently over 
-burdened with thick, hot, and unabsorbent jackets. 
