A handbook of local therapeutics / edited by Harrison Allen.

Date:
1893
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    CALX CHLORATA. inflammatory diseases of the skin. In all forms of Acute Eczema it gives the greatest relief. It shares its pre-eminence as a sedative only with dilute lead water, and the solutions or emulsions of the fluid extract of grindelia robusta. In employing black-wash the bottle containing it should be well shaken, and rags wetted with the lotion should be dabbed for some minutes on the affected parts or else laid on and allowed to evaporate. After a time oxide of zinc ointment may be applied as suggested by White, of Boston, but in some cases no ointment can be endured by the skin, and the wash should be used alone as an evaporating lotion. Yellow-wash, is employed as a dressing in Foul and especially in Syphilitic Ulcers. It is a strong stimulant and detergent. Lime-water enters into the composition of a number of lotions e. g., Startin's lotion given under Creta when it is usually added to preserve a neutral or alkaline condition of the mixture. Diseases of the Throat.—Lime-water can be used in full strength or diluted. It aids in loosening viscid secretions. Glycyrrhiza is a popular adjuvant in correcting its unpleasant alkaline taste. (See Calcii hydras.^ Lime-water forms a permanent mixture with glycerine and carbolic acid. In this form it is useful in the treatment of Croup. CALX CHLORATA. Chlorinated Lime. A compound resulting from the action of chlorine upon hydrate of calcium, and con- taining at least twenty-five per cent, of available chlorine. (U. S. P.) It is quite soluble in vi'ater when fresh, but if exposed, and the chlorine allowed to escape, it becomes less soluble. Chlorinated lime attacks metals. Its activity may be increased by sprinkling on it, or adding to its solution, a proportion of one of the stronger acids, preferably sul- phuric acid. Chlorinated lime is a disinfectant and germicide. Its powers of destroying foul odors renders it useful in sick rooms, hospital wards, etc. It is also employed in disinfecting cesspools, water closets, etc. We believe that the terms chloride of calcium and chloride of lime, when used by medical writers, are equivalent to chlorinated lime. General Surgery.—The solution of chlorinated lime as a wash (half a drachm to the pint) was formerly used to correct Fetid Discharges from the uterus, vagina, and rectum. Its place has been largely taken by corrosive sublimate. The latter, however, while a better germicide, is not so active a deodorizer. The solution should never be of such strength as to cause pain. Diseases of the Ear, Throat, etc.—Solutions of chlorinated lime in the strength of two grains of the salt to an ounce of water are useful in destroying colonies of Aspergillus in the external meatus. Largely