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ably retard absorption. This being the case, how may bacilli 
be annihilated or their produce neutralized ? Those medicines > 
whose nature is oleaginous are useless as disinfectants; only 
those agents which are notoriously soluble may be applied in 
all departments of therapy. This quality lysol possesses to 
the fullest degree, and should be welcomed by sanitarians and 
members of the medical profession as a chemical triumph. < 
Before this was known chlorine water, raw carbolic acid and 
creoline were much in vogue. 
The principle question which the introduction of this new 
disinfectant called forth, stated in a few words, is “ will it de¬ 
stroy bacilli ? ” This must be answered in the affirmative. J 
Experiments of Prof. Schottelins and Dr. Gerlach have proven j 
that lysol is possessed of a greater disinfecting power than 
carbolic acid or creolin ; these assertions have never been re- j 
futed. From my personal tests it is my opinion that its strong : 
anti-bacterial quality has not been over-estimated, and that it 
is referable to its physical properties. We agree with Dr. 
Lemke that it is in every way a consummate substitute for 
corrosive sublimate. It has been our sad experience to see a 
few cases in which the latter antiseptic operated with toxic 
effect; one of these, a cow suffering from metritis, received a 
single injection, 1-2000, with fatal effect. 
Straube states further that lysol is destined to play a sig¬ 
nificant part in the disinfection of cattle cars and infected 
stalls. 
The foregoing prefaces our report upon several cases in 
which this new agent has been of signal service. The first 
patient had been punctured in the left fore foot. The horse 
was exceedingly lame and exhibited tetanic contractions o! 
his general anatomy. After removing the shoe the foot was 
thoroughly pared out, the quarter rasped thin, and subsequent 
ly removed. There flowed therefrom a greenish-yellow pus 
and a portion of the deep softer tissues appeared necrotic anc 
was isolated, exposing the os pedis. We then placed the foot 
in a one per cent, solution of lysol, and made two 3 hj hijec 
tions upon the left cervical region of a three per cent, solu 
tion. At night the soaking was replaced by a bandage moist 
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