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CONDV^S FLUID AS A THERAPEUTIC. 
Ilow the animal could possibly have survived the shock and 
inflammation for eij^ht days, which must inevitably result 
from a rupture, with considerable extravasated ingesta on the 
surface of the peritoneum. 
ON CONDY’S FLUID AS A THERAPEUTIC 
AGENT. 
By W. F. Cross, M.R.C.V.S., London. 
Sirs, —I have read with very great satisfaction the review 
of Condy^s work on 'Air and Water^ contained in the last 
number of the Veterinarian^ and your favorable recommenda¬ 
tion of the disinfecting fluid manufactured by that gentle¬ 
man. While fully appreciating your observations on the 
more recondite and scientific applications of the ^remarkable 
chemical salts of which that preparation is composed, I am 
very desirous of calling the attention of yourselves and 
readers to the practical value of Condy's fluid as a remedial 
agent for a large number of the diseases to which domestic 
animals are peculiarly subject. 
In the management of animals cleanliness and purity are 
the most important conditions. When these are not duly 
secured, indisposition and disease are necessary consequences. 
The free access of pure air and the abundant use of water, 
with plenty of pure food, are the natural means for securing 
animal health. When once engendered, however, the diseases 
of animals prove very frequently to be beyond the control of 
ordinary cleanliness. They then require the use of sub¬ 
stances calculated to stimulate the system to throw off* 
morbid products, and further demand the employment of 
agents having the power of neutralizing the diseased matters 
generated by foulness—in other words, of antidotes to un¬ 
clean products, whether external to the animal or developed 
in its body. 
Of all known substances, oxygen—especially when in the 
active or organic state—has been proved to be the most 
powerful in antidotal properties. However much opinions 
may be divided respecting atmospheric ozone, there is no 
room for doubt as to the reality and ])ower of the oxygen of 
combination, or nascent oxygen. As it exists in certain che¬ 
mical salts, such as the alkaline permanganates, this remark¬ 
able element can with the utmost certainty be relied on for 
