THE PRINCIPLES OF ANTISEPSIS IN THE TREATMENT OF ECZEMA. 
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and unsatisfactory even in the hands of the most skilful, while 
we find that we have to leave the treatment in the majority of 
cases in the hands of the attendants, who not attaining any 
knowledge of the principles of antisepsis can scarcely be consid¬ 
ered responsible for not fulfilling the direction which he receives 
from the veterinarian. It can easily be seen why so many mis¬ 
takes are made and the treatment of eczema so unsuccessful in 
our patients; after a time the patient is returned and the services 
and treatment of the veterinarian are rendered fruitless through 
neglect of the owner, placing the responsibility on the veterin¬ 
arian (who is considered to be always making blunders); so it 
appears plainly to me the veterinarian cannot be too strict at all 
times in giving directions and endeavoring to see they are prop¬ 
erly carried out, and I believe in the majority of cases the veter¬ 
inarian should attend to the treatment himself. Coming to the 
most practical part of my paper, I will first note as to the careful 
regulation of the diet; strong food of all kinds should always be 
forbidden. The digestive tract should be carefully looked after 
to see that the evacuations, depurations of the liver, bowels, kid¬ 
neys, are encouraged. These principles, however, should not 
be of a cast-iron character, but should be modified to suit the 
patient. I do not believe that there is any one method which 
would be of a specific character, which could be adopted as a 
treatment for eczema; it is the eczema patient that is to be treated 
not only according to the kind of eczema but likewise the dia¬ 
thetic condition of the patient. The veterinarian that treats 
eczema with the best results is he who analyzes with the utmost 
solicitude and attention the situation, surroundings, and the 
daily requirements of his patients and who understands how to 
rectify the hygienic conditions and re-establish all which lie 
should find to be defective in organs or functions. Among in¬ 
ternal medicines useful in eczema, alkalies are to be employed 
in a large number of cases and in all stages of eczema; especially 
in strong vigorous horses, arsenic, particularly in the form of 
arsenious acid may be employed in the more advanced stage of 
eczema as a modifier of the epithelian function. In many cases 
