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wooden holders for dressing wounds ; while injections and 

 suppositories made with eucalyptus oil and cacao butter, are 

 serviceable as deodorisers and local antiseptics in painful 

 conditions of the rectum and urino-genital organs. Al- 

 though not liable to cause injury by absorption, dogs, unless 

 muzzled, are prone to lick the dressed surfaces, and in this 

 way are sometimes poisoned. lodoform emulsion con- 

 taining one part iodoform moistened with alcohol, two parts 

 boiling water, and seven of glycerin is a valuable injection 

 for sinuous wounds. 



lodol (tetra-iodopyrrol) (C 4 I 4 NH), containing 89 per cent, 

 of iodine, is a light-brown, tasteless, amorphous powder, 

 with a faint thymol-like smell, insoluble in water, but 

 soluble in three parts of alcohol, and also in ether, chloro- 

 form, glycerin, and collodion. It resembles iodoform, and 

 being less irritant, is preferable for internal use. Horses and 

 cattle take grs. xv. to grs. xxv. ; dogs, gr. i. to grs. iii. It 

 may be given suspended in glycerin or mucilage. 



Aristol (di- thymol-iodide) C 20 H 24 I 2 2 , is a compound of 

 iodine and thymol, conjoins the properties of its two con- 

 stituents, and resembles iodoform, but is devoid of its 

 disagreeable taste and toxic effects. It contains 46 per 

 cent, of iodine. It is soluble in fixed oils, ether and collodion, 

 but not in water, alcohol or glycerin. It is used for the same 

 purposes as iodoform, but is a feeble antiseptic. It dries 

 excessive skin secretions, and is useful for burns, and cracked 

 heels. 



Europhen, containing 28 per cent, of iodine, is a light 

 yellow powder, insoluble in water and glycerin, but soluble 

 in alcohol, ether, and oil. It is non-poisonous, has very 

 little odour, and is used as a dry dressing in eczema and 

 otorrhcea in dogs. lodo-salicylic acid, containing 50 per 

 cent, of iodine, and di-iodo-salieylie acid, containing 66 per 

 cent, of iodine, are anodyne, antipyretic, and antiseptic, and 

 are used internally as substitutes for salicylates in the 

 treatment of rheumatism. Horses take 3J- to 3ij-> dissolved 

 in alcohol, ether, or oil. 



Loretin, losophan, sanoform, sozoiodol, and periodate 

 are odourless iodoform substitutes. All contain iodine, and 

 are used as antiseptics in powder or solution, or mixed with 



