General Infections of Coition 67 



Another very simple method for flushing out the penial sheath 

 is to use an ordinary pure gum horse catheter for a tube, its 

 rounded distal end ofEering an ideal shape for introduction into 

 sheath, while a small funnel, inserted into the other end, affords 

 facility for pouring the antiseptic fluid through the tube into the 

 sheath and the funnel, held as high as the length of the catheter 

 will permit, affords sufficient force of gravity for the purpose de- 

 sired. The entire apparatus is cheap, compact, withstands steri- 

 lization by boiling and is eflScient. 



Any reliable disinfectant will answer the requirements but 

 those which tend to dissolve, or are miscible with fats are best, 

 especially about the preputial opening and the surrounding skin. 

 Among these, lysol and carbolic acid take a high place. The 

 antiseptic solutions should preferably be used warm and, in dis- 

 infecting the skin adjacent to the preputial opening, soap should 

 be added. The strength of the disinfectant introduced into the 

 sheath should not be great, J4 to i % of lysol or carbolic acid 

 being as strong as the naked mucosa of the penis, especially of 

 the bull, will readily tolerate. 



