Polyphenolic compounds with molecular weights of around 500-3000 daltons and containing enough hydroxyl groups (1-2 per 100 MW) for effective cross linking of other compounds (ASTRINGENTS). The two main types are HYDROLYZABLE TANNINS and CONDENSED TANNINS. Historically, the term has applied to many compounds and plant extracts able to render skin COLLAGEN impervious to degradation. The word tannin derives from the Celtic word for OAK TREE which was used for leather processing.
    

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'Tannafax' brand tannic acid jelly : tannic acid, with 0.5 per cent. phenol, in a water-soluble base : the modern treatment of burns and scalds : always ready for immediate application / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.).

The tannins : a monograph on the history, preparation, properties, methods of estimation, and uses of the vegetable astringents with an index to the literature of the subject / by Henry Trimble.

Toxic jaundice and hepatic atrophy amongst munition workers etc, and from drugs such as luminol, apiol etc---also prontosil (from salvarsan see elsewhere)

The modern treatment of burns and scalds / by Philip H. Mitchiner.

The tannic acid treatment of burns / by W.C. Wilson.

Breuning, Gerhard von (1813-1892)

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The tannins : a monograph on the history, preparation, properties, methods of estimation, and uses of the vegetable astringents with an index to the literature of the subject / by Henry Trimble.

Toxic jaundice and hepatic atrophy amongst munition workers etc, and from drugs such as luminol, apiol etc---also prontosil (from salvarsan see elsewhere)

The modern treatment of burns and scalds / by Philip H. Mitchiner.

The tannic acid treatment of burns / by W.C. Wilson.

Breuning, Gerhard von (1813-1892)