A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    ARGENTI lOPIDUM—ARISTOL. ARGENTI lODIDUM. Iodide of Silver, u This is a new officinal salt, which may be readily prepared by adding a solutioi. of iodide ^f potassium to one of nitrate of silver, and washing and dry.g the Pre.p.tate, which should be kept in dark amber-colored vials, protected from light. (U. S. D.) Diseases of the Eye.—Iodide of silver has usually been added to the list of applications in the treatment of Trachoma. [^Ophthalmic Record, No. 3.) ' ARISTOL. Di-iodo-di-tymol. Annidalin. Aristol is a light brown, fine, adhesive, inodorous powder, containing 45-8 P^r cent, of iodine It is readily soluble in ether and in fatty oils, slightly soluble in alcohol; it is insoluble in water or in glycerin. It is readily decomposed by heat and exposure to light. It is soluble in collodion. As the iodine is held very loosely in combination, almost any other substance for which iodine has affinity liberates it, so that as a dressing for wounds its use is confined for the most part to the com- mercial powder, to the form of the soluble collodion, or to mixture with fats. Aristol should never be prescribed in conjunction with starch, caustic alkalies, car- bonates, or with substances which possess affinity with iodine, such as ammonia, the metallic oxides, corrosive sublimate, etc. Aristol is antiseptic and protectant. General Surgery.—Aristol has been introduced in general surgery as a substitute for iodoform. It is odorless, and in all cases harmless in action. While it may be pleasanter for the patient, it is not nearly so active a remedy in the treatment of Venereal Sores as is iodoform. In the treatment of Wounds (by dusting over the part, or used in pre- pared gauze) it serves as a protectant. Diseases of the Skin.—In Eichoff's opinion (^Monatsch. f. Pr. Der- matol., No. 2, January 1890) aristol possesses the valuable properties of both iodoform and thymol to a higher degree than either of its compo- nent parts. This appears to give it the advantage over chrysarobin and pyrogallic acid in the treatment of diseases like psoriasis, when an exten- sive area is to be acted on and absorption may take place. Aristol has been employed with success by some German physicians in Psoriasis, the vegetable parasites of the skin, and in Ulcers, whether simple or syphilitic, also in Lupus and Epithelioma, While generally conceded to be valuable in syphilitic and other Ulcers, the virtues of aristol have been disputed by many observers. Its effect appears to be cornifying only, and it does not seem to act upon the deeper layers of the skin nor to destroy new growths, J. J. Levick {^Medical News, July 25, 1891) found good results from powdering the hands in Dermatitis Venenata (rhus poisoning) with