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New Styptic Collodion
Collo- 1 drachm; syrup of orange peel, 1 ounce; dion, 100 parts; carbolic acid, 10 parts; pure infusion of calumba, 7. ounces. tannin, 5 parts; benzoic acid, 5 parts. Agi- child, 1 tablespoonful in a wine -glass of water tate until the mixture is complete. This pre- before meals; for an adult the dose may be paration, which has a brown color, leaves on evaporation a pellicle exactly similar to that of ordinary collodion. It adheres strongly to the tissues, and effects the instantaneous coagulation of blood and albumen. Tannin effects a consistent coagulation of the blood, whilst benzoic acid has a cicatrizing action on the tissues. increased.