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Aceto-Carbolic Solution
Acet- which he has followed during two years, as ic acid (pyroligneous) 8°, 20 parts; pure being both simple and effectual: Take of carbolic acid, 5 parts; water, 75 parts. Mix powdered and well dried citric acid, 20 parts the two acids and add the water. The acetic by weight; carbonate of magnesia, 12 parts; acid favors penetration through the epidermis. mix accurately, and enclose the powder in a For tinea, apply the liquid once a day over slightly warmed and well-dried bottle, which the diseased parts by means of a brush. For must be kept well stopped. The mixture scabies, sponge all the parts. The clothes, thus made is rapidly dissolved in three times &c., of the affected individual should also be its weight of water at the ordinary temperatreated with the liquid. (Lemaire.) ture; and, if the water be pure, the solution ent, without any precipitate. The salt preserves its solubility for a long time. 4800. Solution of Carbolic Acid in in a few minutes becomes perfectly transpar- Water. To obtain uniform solution, it is better to slack the carbolic acid with four times its bulk of hot water, and then to add a sufficiency of cold water; or the carbolic acid may be first mingled with alcohol, which