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Carbolic acid (phenol) or camphor were sometimes added for their antiseptic properties. These products are frequently labeled as “carbolic” and “camphorated” dentifrices. Oils of cinnamon, clove, rose ...

He read about Pasteur’s work on germ theory. He experimented using a chemical, carbolic acid, to soak bandages before applying them to a wound. He found that it prevented infection and helped ...

Disinfection campaigns were the order of the day. In some places they ran carbolic acid through sewers, actually spreading the disease faster because it flushed out rats that had lived there.

An example of a machine used by Lister to spray carbolic acid into the air when he was carrying out an operation This proved that antiseptic surgery significantly reduced the risk of infection ...

In the 1860s, self-poisoning accounted for 5% of suicides (mainly ingestion of hydrochloric, oxalic and carbolic acid). By the 1990s, it accounted for almost 22% of suicides, mainly from ...

The substance obtained by the treatment of coal tar is carbolic, or phenic acid, which differs materially in its properties from the real creosote. Being an effective disinfectant, carbolic acid ...

(This makes about 1 per cent solution.) Lysol has an odor similar tn carbolic acid, but is not So paisanous. It forms a soapy solution, hence its value as a cleansing agent. It numbs the parts and ...

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