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Crude carbolic acid may be used in five per cent, solu- 

 tion to disinfect infected buildings and their contents, and, 

 with whitewash, can be applied to walls after cleaning.* 



Cses Internal. — Evidence has been accumulating of late as 

 to the value of carbolic acid in general diseases of bacterial 

 origin. Not only has Bacelli's treatment proven successful 

 in many cases of tetanus, but in human medicine numerous 

 favorable reports have been made upon the use of carbolic 

 acid when given in large doses in dilution by the mouth in 

 the treatment of surgical sepsis, influenza, erysipelas, etc. 

 Moreover, the subcutaneous injection of 2 drachms (8 cc.) of 

 a 3 per cent, aqueous solution of carbolic acid every ten 

 days into all pregnant cows during the prevalence of epi- 

 zootic abortion is a valuable prophylactic measure. In the 

 carbuncle form of anthrax in man, the injection of carbolic 

 acid solution has yielded' successful results and it may be 

 tried in cattle. But speedy destruction of anthrax patients 

 in veterinary practice is usually the only wise procedure. 

 Locally, carbolic acid may exert an antiseptic and anaesthetic 

 action in the stomach. Carbolic acid is sometimes of 

 service in relieving vomiting and gastric pain caused by 

 flatulence in dogs, and in counteracting intestinal fermen- 

 tation and diarrhoea in all animals. In diarrhoea of dogs, 

 grain doses are combined to advantage with bismuth sub- 

 nitrate in powder, capsule, or pill. 



* To be more precise, the strength of crude carbolic acid for disinfec- 

 tion depends upon the amount of cresylic acid it contains, which may be 

 ascertained from the dealer. The disinfectant solution of crude carbolic 

 acid should be such that it will contain two per cent, of cresylic acid. 



Commercial cresol (containing over 90 per cent, of pure cresol) is more 

 effective and cheaper than crude carbolic acid as a disinfectant. It should 

 be dissolved in hot water and used in two per cent, solution. 



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