Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel.

  • Hassel J. G. F.
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[1827]
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Credit: Cases illustrative of the beneficial effects of the clorurets of oxides of sodium and calcium, of the Chevalier Labarraque, of Paris : being the most powerful and effectual general and local antiseptics in the practice of physic and surgery / by J. G. F. Hassel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and sloughy Ulcers, as, for instance, in Cynanclie Maligna, I have seen the Chloruret of Sodium applied in its concentrated state with great advantage; with a camel hair pencil moistened well in the Chloruret, the ulcers may be touched two or three times a day, or oftener. In Veterinary Surgery these preparations of CI1I0- rurets have been found equally successful, and of great use, not only in neutralizing foetid and putrid effluvia arising from ulcers, with which horses and other quadrupeds are often affected; but even the contagion of the stables wdierein sick horses have been treated, has been rendered completely inert by the free use of the Chlorurets, with which not only the horses, but also the stables have been washed: after which the reception of healthy horses in such purified stables has been perfectly safe. In fact, it has been ascertained, that for sprinkling and wash-