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plan of treatment, although it must be confessed, that it is very 
difficult at times to secure complete antisepsis. Not on the use of 
the antiseptic dressing material alone, is based the great success of 
the antiseptic treatment of wounds, but in the scientific applica¬ 
tion of the means to be employed, and in the strict adherence to 
Lister’s principle, to keep the wound aseptic. For instance, in 
the operation of neurotomy, in excising a piece of the plantar 
nerve, the first thing to do would be to empty the blood vessels 
by the proper bandages, then to clip and shave the hair on the 
spot where the incision is to be made and wash the spot well with 
soap and water, and afterwards with a solution of corrosive sub¬ 
limate or carbolic acid. The hands and instruments should also 
be well disinfected. After the excision of the piece of nerve, the 
wound is to be dusted with iodoform and sewed up with catgut 
or carbolated silk ; the seam is to be well dusted with iodoform, 
well covered with borated or salicylated cotton ; all should be 
kept in position by a disinfected bandage. If this bandage re 
ceives a coating of tar, it improves its durability and prevents to 
a great extent the penetration of septic substances. Covered in 
this manner, the wound has rest, and rest and antisepsis are the 
requirement of rational treatment of wounds .—Der Thierarzt , 
{May.) 
OUTBREAK OF RABIES IN IOWA. 
By Peof. M. Stalkeb.* 
Through the kindness of Prof M. Stalker, State Veterinary 
Surgeon, we are permitted to lay before our readers some inter¬ 
esting facts relative to an outbreak of rabies among domestic 
animals in Lucas county, Iowa. We collate from an official report 
sent him by one of his deputies, Dr. J. E Johnson, of Red Oak: 
A strange, yellow bird-dog, having a brass collar with the name 
“D. M. Beard, Cleveland,” was found by Mr. Macy, a farmer of 
Lucas county, lying in his wagon-box, near the barn, January 3, 
1888. Mr. Macy went up to the dog, when he attempted to bite 
him, whereupon the dog was driven off. He found shortly after 
that one of his horses had been bitten on the nose. 
♦Monthly Bulletin of Iowa State Board of Health, (March, 1888). 
