Training notes for dental operating room assistants of the Royal Army Dental Corps / the War Office.
- Date:
- [1950]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Training notes for dental operating room assistants of the Royal Army Dental Corps / the War Office. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(ae ] LEQuor (LODE wTts. (Weak solution of iodine in alcohol). aoe? “POTSON, a reddish brown fluid with a spirituous odour. Haare Disinfectant, antiseptic, and astrigent. LOCAL ANABRSTHETIC SOLUTION. POISON. Specially prepared drugs in ‘solution which, when injected into the tissues, produce local numbness. Use:=- For anaesthetising tissues prior to the extraction or filling of teeth and for minor surgical operations. IIKETHAMIDUM. (Coramine). POISON. A yellowish oily Piquide Bitter pungent taste. Use:~ A respiratory restorative in cases of collapse, Injected into the tissues with a hypodermic syringe (Record type). : _ NITROGENIT MONOXIDUM. (Nitrous Oxide, Laughing Gas). (N50). Ais Om SON, A colourless cdourless gas, condensed for use into a liquid in Steel bottles, whence it is allowed to flow into the anaesthetic apparatuse Use:~ AS a general anaesthetic. OLESUM CARYOPHYLLT. (Oil of Cloves). A clear straw-coloured oil with a strong aromatic odoure Use:=— As an obtundent. OXPARA, POISON. An antiseptic consisting of a powder and a liquid. Sometimes issued under the name of ASTO. Use:- As a creamy paste for root dressings and permanent root fillings. PARAFFINUM MOLLE. A substance similar to vaseline. Use:= as a lubricant. 3 PHENOL. (Carbolic Acid). POISON. A coal-tar product. In pure form is colourless, solid and crystalline, with character- istic odour and sweetish pungent taste, Use:~ Powerful antiseptic and caustic. It liquefies on adding 10% water and it turns pink on continued exposure to light. RESIN, CARBOLIZED. POISON. A preparation containing phenol, Biloroforn ‘and resin, [It is a sweet smelling, brown, viscid (sticky) liquid which hardens on exposure to air and moisture. Use:- As an obtundent and styptic. a](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32176041_0023.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
