1019] YKTI. UNARY IfBDIOOTB. 



A note by C. II. Rrowning on the chemical :m<l antiseptic properties of pm- 

 flavin oleate Is appended. Although comparatively Insoluble in water, it din- 

 solves sufficiently In serum to cause the IhUit to acquire marked ■ntlBfipttc 

 properties. 



Dichloramin-T and petrolatum dressing for burns, T. Bo I lour. 



Amrr. \l<d. Assoc, 72 {1919), No. I',, pp. <x>2. ." itutlona of dichloramln-T 



in carbon tetraehlorid were found to he very stable; in chloraoMn and i i<i 1 1 1« 1 

 petrolatum, comparatively stable; and in kerosene, olive oil, and ordinary 

 petrolatum, very unstahle. An ointment of three parti Of surgical parafflD 

 and seven parts of liquid petrolatum was found to bave relatively little de- 

 structive action on dichloramin-T, and to be practical as a protective dreaalng 

 for wounds or hums treated with dlchloramln-T-chlorcosan solution or as a 

 basis for a dichloramin-T ointment. 



The action of chlorinated antiseptics on blood clot, II. I>. TATLOB and M <1. 

 Stebbins {Jour. Expt. Med., 99 {1919), No. i. pp. 195 191). By means of i 

 periments upon clotted rabbit blood, the authors have demonstrated that the 

 chlorinated antiseptics have no power to penetrate Mood dots and destroy the 

 bacteria contained therein. It Is considered probable that the fibrin of the 

 blood clot is the resistant substance, as plasma and red and white eells are 

 easily dissolved by these antiseptics. The results indicate that blond clots may 

 protect virulent bacteria for a long time, and that the organisms properly 

 planted will be able to proliferate in a normal manner. 



Notes on Dakin's solution, K. P. A. Taylor (Tfcer. 0OR, '/.' {1919), No. 10, 

 pp. 687-690). — Observations are reported on the deterioration Of 1 'a kin's 

 solution on exposure to light and In contact with the rubber of the connecting 

 tubes, on the burns resulting from incorrect use of the solution, and OB the com- 

 parative action of salt solution, dichloramin-T, and Dakin's solution on 1>I 1 



clots. Suggestions are given for improvement of the technique on the ase of 

 Dakin's solution. It is stated that Dakin's solution below strength can be 

 raised several points by the addition of salt, 1 teaspoonral to the pint, or by 

 slow steaming, and can be lowered, if above strength, by exposure to sun- 

 light or by quick boiling. 



Pyotherapy; its use in war, Franc {Bui Soe. Cent. V. </. ivr.. 9) (1 

 No. 22, pp. 469-481). — This is a general discussion, based on clinical observa- 

 tions, of pyotherapy, including the preparation of the pus. doses employed, 

 general and individual reactions, and the probable action of Injections "f pus 

 upon the organism Several case reports are appended. 



Treatment of war wounds by autovaccines, L. .Tiiikn and I>k LaaUHTI- 

 Tholozan (1'rcsse Med. [Paris], No. 7 {1919), pp. 60, 61. fig*. 2: oOS. mi Jomr. 

 Amer. Med. Assoc, 12 {1919), No. IS, p. 9tfT).— The following technique la 

 employed : 



A loopful of pus is taken from the depths of the wound, plated 00 agar, 

 and allowed to incubate for 48 hours, at the end of which time colonies which 

 have developed are scraped off and suspended in 5 <r. of polyvalent serum. 

 The emulsion is incubated at 37° 0. for at least one and one-half hours, cen- 

 trifuged, the sediment rinsed twice with physiologic serum, and then boated 

 twice to SO or 00° for one hour each; A dilution Is made with physiologic 

 serum to 50,000,000 organisms per cubic centimeter, and 1 cc. of this dilution 

 is injected subcutaneoualy. 



This method Is said to combine the best features of raceane therapy and 

 serotherapy. 



