OPEN JOINTS, AND A NKW REMEDY. 
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glass bottles, and changed every eight days. The substance 
should be absolutely pure.” 
The May number of the same journal contains the follow¬ 
ing: 
Aniline dye or pyoktanin, as it has been named in Ger¬ 
many, is now coming into use in that country as an antiseptic 
and astringent remedy in veterinary practice.” 
Professor Eggling has employed it in the treatment of 
loot and mouth disease with surprising success, the affected 
parts being dressed with a solution of the dye, i to ioo of 
water. 
Mehrdorf, of Bieslau, reports most favorably of its use in 
the treatment of this malady. It was,applied to 1293 animals, 
of which 1261 were oxen, 28 pigs and 4 goats, in all the differ¬ 
ent stages of the disease. The affected parts were brushed 
with a solution of 1 to 100, and then, to 500, and lastly with 1 
to 1000. 
In cases where applied at once the animals recovered 
within twenty-four to forty-eight hours. 
It may be mentioned that Eggling applied the solution by 
means of a syringe. 
In a recent number of the Monatschrift furprakt. Thierheil- 
kunde , Prof. Schlampp, of the Munich Veterinary School, al¬ 
ludes to the antiseptic and germicide properties of pyoktanin, 
and gives illustrations of its wonderful value as demonstrated 
in the surgical clinics of Prof. Hahn. The first and most im¬ 
portant featuie in it, perhaps, is that it is not poisonous, and 
does not coagulate albumen. For recent wounds (as immedi¬ 
ately after operations) as well as for those which are old, 
suppurating and of an unhealthy kind, it has been emploved, 
and with better results than any other agent; as it brings on 
a favorable healing process and alters the character of bad 
discharges. 
In ulcerations of the skin (as those which occur in distem 
per of the dog) a watery solution of 1 to 5000, applied b)' 
means of a small brush, has been used with the results that 
any foul smell present has been destroyed, and the sores quick¬ 
ly piesent a smooth, healing surface. In suppurations of the 
