112 LABIATE. 



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inflamed, and the urine albuminous or bloody. Thymol has 

 been used as an antiseptic, as an application to skin diseases, 

 ringworm, eczema, psoriasis; as a gargle, spray, or inhalation 

 in sore- throat, bronchiectasis and phthisis, or as an injection 

 inozsena. Internally it has been used in diabetes and vesical 

 catarrh. {Lauder Bnmton,) 



Dr. Gross [Pharm. ZeitscJu, 1890, p. 261) reports on the suc- 

 cessful results obtained with thymol in the treatment of diph- 



found 



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cent, solution in doses of 10 to 12 drops every 5 to 10 minutes, 

 according to the severity of the case. The solution was flavour- 

 ed with some pleasant-tasting syrup and in severe cases a few 

 drops of brandv were added. The children soon become accus- 



tomed 



to the burning taste and willingly take the solution- 

 Besides this there is the advantage that the remedy is perfectly 

 harmless and may be given continually for weeks together. 

 The effect of the treatment in cases of average severity is seen 

 in from 3 to 4 hours. 



Thymol 



whooping-cough in a 



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solution of 1 in 2,000. Three or four times a day lie directs 

 this solution to be inhaled by means of an atomiser. According 

 to his experience the cases never assume a violent character 

 when this treatment is begun in time ; if, however, the attacks 

 are already frecjuent and violent they soon diminish in number 

 and severity. The duration of the treatment is between three 

 and four weeks, and healthy children who inhale the spray are 

 protected from whooping-cough. Dr. E. Lawrie ^Lancet, 

 \ 16, 1891) reported two cases of chyluria successfully treated 

 with thymol given internaUy in doses of one ^rain every four 

 hours, gradually increased to 5 grains. 



Description and Properties, 



thin 



translucent 

 and 52° 0. 



crystallizes 



It melts between 50 



fl„;^ .^^A-r r. 7 ^ ^^guLcr man water, retains n» 



fluid condiUon often for a long time, and boils near 230° C. It 



