A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    SODII SULPHORICINATIS—SODII HYPOCHLORITIS. SODII- SULPHORICINATIS. Siilphoricinate of Sodium. A brown, syrupy liquid which readily dissolves in water and alcohol. It forms a good solvent for iodine, iodoform, etc. (Helbing.) Diseases of the Throat.—This drug has been used by A. Joseas (Z« Med. Moderne, April 28, 1892) in combination with carbolic acid (eighty grammes of the former to twenty of the latter) for Diphtheria. SODII HYPOCHLORITIS. This is a very unstable salt, and consequently is only known in the following solu- tion :— Liquor Sod^ Chlorate. Solution of Chlorinated Soda. Liquor SodEe Chlorinatae. (Pharm. 1870.) Labarraque's Solution. A clear, pale-greenish hquid, of a faint odor of chlorine, a disagreeable and alkaline taste, and an alkaline reaction; specific gravity, 1.044. Addition of hydrochloric acid causes an effervescence of chlorine and carbonic acid gas. (U. S. P.) This solution is prepared by double decomposition between solutions of chlorinated lime and sodium carbonate, whereby insoluble calcium carbonate and soluble sodii hypochloritis are formed. The latter is decanted from the precipitate, and should be preserved in well- stopped bottles, protected from the light. Liquor sodee chloratse destroys the elastic property of cotton fibre and sponge. The chlorine odor left on the skin after use can be corrected by washing with a lotion of sodii hyposulphis. {M. B., January, i89l,p. 14.) The addition of carbolic acid in any proportion produces a mixture of a peculiar penetrating and, to most persons, disagreeable odor. The best solution is prepared for the market in quart bottles. In a number of specimens of the drug examined by Sternberg, the amount of chlorine varied from 3.80 to 0.03 per cent. Since the properties of the preparation depend upon the amount of chlorine present, it is dtsirable that the liquid, when prescribed, be freshly made, and the date plainly marked upon the label. The solution of chlorinated soda is a stimulant, detergent, and a pow- erful disinfectant and parasiticide. General Surgery.—As an application to Gangrenous Surfaces, the solution of chlorinated soda may be applied in a strength of one drachm to the ounce of water, or it may be used in full strength in the prepara- tion of a common flaxseed poultice. In the treatment of Aphthous and Phagedenic Ulcerations of the Mouth, which have assumed a slough- ing character, the following will be found of service: R. Liq. sodii chlorinat., tinct. myrrhse, aa fgss; aquae rosae, f§j; aquae, fgvj. The same prescription is of service in Stomatitis of ptyalism, in ulcerated gums of Scurvy, etc. In foul discharges from the vagina, a douche, composed of the solution of one fluid ounce to one pint of water, is efficient. Diseases of the Skin.—The solution of chlorinated soda has a restricted use in dermatology in affections of the skin, accompanied by