ANTISEPTICS, PAST AND PRESENT, 

 IN WOUND TREATMENT 



By E. WALLIS HOARE, F.R.C.V.S., Cork, Ireland 



In selecting "Antiseptics, Past and Present," as a 

 theme for discussion, I venture to think it is one that 

 will prove- of interest to every practitioner; certainly 

 there are many points in connection with it which offer 

 ample room for an interchange of opinions, ideas, and 

 experiences, the result of which is likely to prove useful 

 in our daily work. 



I freely confess that one of my reasons for choosing 

 this subject is to ascertain as far as possible to what 

 extent the principles of aseptic surgery can be applied 

 to animals. I am quite aware that in certain quarters 

 it is held that aseptic surgery can be applied to animals, 

 and that failures in this direction are to.be attributed 

 to want of care on the part of the practitioner, or to 

 prejudice. But in drawing conclusions on matters of 

 this kind it is essential to possess a varied experience of 

 surgery under conditions favorable and unfavorable, 

 both in town and country, and one important point that 

 I shall endeavor to demonstrate wiU be with reference 

 to the 'effects of environment and certain unalterable 

 conditions that exist in connection with the treatment 

 of wounds in our patients. 



PROGRESS IN VETERINARY SURGERY 



I have also another object in view : many medical men 

 and not a few of the laity hold the erroneous opinion 

 that veterinarians do not take the trouble to practice 



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