Crookes' Collosols / The Crookes Laboratories (British Colloids Ltd.).

  • Crookes Laboratories.
Date:
[1930?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Crookes' Collosols / The Crookes Laboratories (British Colloids Ltd.). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Collosol Argentum OLLOSOL ARGENTUM— metallic silver in the colloidal state—now supersedes the use of silver nitrate. | Collosol Argentum is not only an efficient bactericide, but is so harmless that one of its chief uses is for infants’ eyes at birth. It is noteworthy that Collosol Argentum is issued by upwards of 200 County and Local Medical Officers of Health to the midwives under their control. The routine procedure of bathing infants’ eyes at birth can be carried out with assurance, and many published reports expressing complete satisfaction of the efficiency of this method have appeared. The Collosol Argentum Ophthalmic Pipette. Specially designed for Nurses and Midwives. Collosol Argentum is also officially recognised by the Central Midwives’ Board (November gth, 1918).
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