CREOLIN. 
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of creolin for 50 pfennige (sixpence). Besides, balsam of 
Peru exercises toxical influence on some animals, for instance 
on cats. For these reasons we feel justified in most warmly 
recommending creolin for the treatment of mange, and also 
especially for scab, in which disease it has for many years 
been employed in England, Australia, the Cape, New Zealand, 
and South America with most exceptionally excellent results. 
As regards the manner of administering creolin, 1 have ap¬ 
plied it both in aqueous, as also in alcoholic solution (from 
1 to 30 per cent.), and also in combination with soap (2 to 10 
per cent). A mixture of 1 to 3 per cent, either with water, 
alcohol or soap, would seem to suffice in all cases. 
2. As an antiseptic, 'creolin is used in the place of the 
usual 3 per cent, solution of carbolic acid and the one-tenth 
per cent, solution of corrosive sublimate. I have used it in 
aqueous solution, in the strength of 1 to 5 per cent, in various 
ways for operations, in wounds, cavities of abscesses, necrosis 
of bone, severe inflammation of skin, etc. A 3 per cent, solu¬ 
tion of creolin has been shown by these experiments to be in 
all respects at least equal to a 3 per cent, solution of carbolic 
acid, or a one-tenth per cent, solution of corrosive sublimate. 
At the same time this substance is perfectly devoid of toxical 
properties, and can be applied to very extensive wounds for 
a long time without any danger. 
3. In chronic eczema of non-parasitic origin, creolin produces 
the same beneficial effect as tar, without the objection of be- 
ing poisonous. In this respect I should like to point out that 
creolin exhibits much similarity with the “so-called” “oleum 
carbonis detergens,’’ which was sold as a secret preparation 
in England some years ago, and which most excellent remedy 
I at first had believed to be identical with creolin. 
4. As an inhalation I have found creolin useful in 1 per 
cent, solution for infectious bronchitis and broncho-pneumo¬ 
nia, especially in epidemics. It produces the same satisfac¬ 
tory results as carbolic acid, but without its relaxing influence. 
5. As a disinfectant for dog-kennels and stables, for cages 
and utensils, I prefer creolin, on the strength of my own ex¬ 
perience, to carbolic acid. Its volatility gives it an advan- 
