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New Zealand Mail, Issue 931, 3 January 1890, Page 31

Qa the Treatment of the Stifongyltis Filaria in Lambs by Inhalation of Carbolic Acid. The house is built on ptifptisei for fumigating, and is as air-tight as it can possibly be made ; there are two rooms, each 33 feet long, 11 feet wide, and 6 feet 6 inches high : each room holds about 300 weaners. The machinery used is compressed air; each room has four jets, and the pressure was kept to 291bs to square inch. - • The jets from repeated trials are made as perfect as they can be—spraying the Carbotac so fine that it is at once mixed withthe air, hardly any falling to the ground in a mist. After repeatedly using a solution, composed of 1 part of Carbolic to 30 of water, and also 1 to -0, 1 used Calvert's No. 4 Carbolic in proportion of 1 to. 1, putting that quantity into the jar at a time ; of course it did not mix, but the tube of the suction pipe would take it up together. The sheep were kept in half-an-hour, and I used a pint of Carbolic to each room, and with some of the worst cases, I used at last pure Carbolic. I have never lost any sheep from the fumigating, and they have almost ceased to die from the worm disease ; and are rapidly improving in condition. Before putting the sheep in, I fill the room with the spray, and on my going in found no difficulty in breathing, but at once felt a tickling, like being pricked with needles, all over my face, and had to shut my eyes. The sheep, when the jets are first started move about a little, but they soon settle and keep their eyes shut, chewing the cud. February 28, 1883. (Signed) G. LYDIARD. From this statement it will be seen that if the Carbolic only once diluted is sufficiently reduced or pulverised, it can be inhaled for a time with impunity, both by man and beast, and I certainly think it does open out a most important idea to us-r-that diseases caused by entozoa and fungi in man, may also be cured by its careful use. - (Signed) F. T. WEST FORD, M.R.C.B. EXTRACT FROM 'AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL JOURNAL,' APRIL 15, 1883. A Later Letter, says:—«l believe we have thoroughly succeeded in curing the bronchia! worm disease in the sheep.' . ' N.B.—lt is very probable that a simple process of vaporising No. 5 Carbolic by heat would be equally effective and cheaper than" Mr Lydiard's system, which must be worked by costly machinery and needs No. 4 Carbolic to make a thoroughly combined spray Anyone vaporising No. 5 Carbolic should take care not to bring fire or light into direct contact with the vapour because it is inflammable when not well mixed wich air. A closed metal vessel (not solder fastened at bottom) with a short nozzle projecting into shed, could be half filled with No. 5 Carbolic and heated from outside. (REPORT OP REV. J. LINDEMAN, M.A., NASEBY", NEAR RUGBY.) After trying all sorts of specifics, I was led to adopt fumigation by means of one of Calvert's Vaporisers, using their Carbolic Acid diluted with at least half its bulk of water. The Calves were placed in an almost perfectly air-tight compartment, and allowed so to remain inhaling the dense iumes arising from the vaporiser for about ten minutes every morning fasting, for about three weeks. I also gave each, calf, alternate mornings, a wine-glassful of a mixture consisting of equal parts of Oil of Turpentine, and raw Linseed Oil a teaspoonful of Spirits of Wine, 1 Dram of Dissolved Camphor, and 4 drops of Calvert's chrystallised Acid. I administer the mixture as above stated, scrupulously using the Vaporiser, and my nine calves which I despaired of saving are now well and thriving. Editor of < Agriculture' on treatment of Hoose, says:—'There are several processes in more or less extensive use. Quite the most successful is that invented or introduced by Messrs Calvert & Co. It is now extensively adopted, and in districts where hoose is a common visitation, cannot be surpassed. The principle of the treatment is to subject the animals affected to the influence of Carbolic vapour. It is thoroughly effective, nor does the animal suffer severely from the treatment it is subjected to.* Is a concentrated and purified product of guaranteed strength. In weak solutions (loz to 1 gallon of water) it is the best and cheapest preventive of infection or contagion; it arrests all kinds of putrefactive change, and destroys all the lower forms of insect or vegetable life. The Acid (or Powder; is very valuable for arresting decay of animal or vegetable matter, and for preventing the entry into Dwellings, Gardens, &c, of Insects and Reptiles, whicn dread the odour of Carbolic Acid, that will emanate freely when the Powder or diluted Acid is sprinkled about infested places ; the diluted Acid is especially useful to cleanse and purify Yards, Cellars, Stables, or Cowsheds, and to destroy weeds on Garden Walks. When whitewashing Stables, Cowsheds, or Poultry Houses, Jib No. 5 Carbolic should be mixed with each 3 gallons of wash to keep insects away. A little of the raw Acid, applied at the roots, with a pointed stick, will kill Dandelions or other Plants on Lawns. W. CROOKES, Esq., F.R.S., F.C.S., &c, Editor of Chemical News, says:— < I have not met with a single instance in which the plague spread on a farm where Carbolic Acid was freely used. . . . Carbolic Acid checks evolution of offensive odour from manure, and greatly increases its value. Flies never congregate about dunghills where Carbolic Acid is habitually used. One advantage it has over almost all other disinfecting agents is, that its vapour is never injurious or unpleasant to cattle.' CLARE SEWELL READ, Esq., M.P., writes :— ' Farmers should never be without a supply of Carbolic Acid. As the cheapest and best disinfectant it was recommended by the Cattle Plague Commissioners so far back as 1865.' W. SOWERBY, Esq., Curator of the Royal Botanical Gardens, London, says:— < On experimenting with many preparations for killing and preventing vegetation on garden walks, I find, that Carbolic Acid (Calvert's No. 5) in 100 parts water is the best, retaining its effect longer than any other.' In a report to the Director-General of Prisons, Dr R. M. GOVER says :—Carbolic Acid is the most certain and powerful of the substances used as antiseptics and disinfectants. The preparations of Carbolic Acid supplied by Messrs Calvert & Co. are, in my opinion, much superior to those of any other manufacturer.'