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EDITORIAL. 
may be sufficient to break up the already existing union. Pheni- 
cated water or chloride of zinc, spirits of turpentine or tincture 
of iodine will, in such cases, give the best results. 
“ In the mouth and in the rectum the use of oxygenated water 
is very precious, as it is not toxic and, having a great antiseptic 
power in those centers, always septic. A great concentrated so¬ 
lution is well supported in those regions.” 
To resume, Lucas Championniere adds: “ Oxygenated water 
is one of the most precious antiseptics known. It is an error to 
consider it as harmless because not toxic. Its untimely use may 
ruin the results of the best operation. The use of solutions made 
to dilute oxygenated water at io or 12 vols. is useless, as the real 
action of the product is only when it has not yet been decom¬ 
posed by contacts which destroy it easily. As for other antisep¬ 
tics, it is essential to use it in doses sufficiently high to obtain a 
powerful and passing action. Abuse or expected lasting action 
must not be considered. 
“ Oxygenated water can be used warm. I11 heating it, it is 
concentrated rather than reduced in the quantity of oxygen. 
Warmly applied, it avoids the unpleasant effect of cold coming 
in contact with the wound, and its antiseptic power is greater, as 
long as elevation of temperature always increases the strength of 
all antiseptics.” 
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Severe Epizooty of Rabies. —In glancing over the Annales 
de rinstitut Pasteur for November, 1911, I found a very inter¬ 
esting record which presented some peculiar points of unusual 
observations, and was published by Dr. A. Parini, of Sao Paulo 
(Brazil). 
Although it is not the first time that epizootics of rabies have 
been observed among domestic animals, this one proved of an 
extensive severity, having destroyed almost completely the bovine 
and equine population of the infected region and seriously in¬ 
terfered with the breeding carried on in the whole country. 
