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CURRENT  LITERATURE. 
The  Antiseptic  Action  of  Hypochlorous  Acid  and  Its  Applica- 
tion to  Wound  Treatment. 
The  value  of  chlorine  as  an  antiseptic  and  germicide  has  been  con- 
vincingly demonstrated  in  recent  years  by  its  successful  application  in 
the  sterilization  of  the  water  in  swimming  pools.  It  has  also  been 
demonstrated  bacteriologically  that  very  dilute  solutions  are  efficient ; 
without  this  added  demonstration  its  practical  application  would  be 
unavailable,  as  it  is  common  knowledge  that  chlorine  is  decidedly  irri- 
tating. 
The  authors  of  this  paper  directed  their  attention  to  the  hypo- 
chlorites in  an  endeavor  to  find  an  antiseptic  which  could  be  used  as  a 
first  dressing  in  the  field  to  prevent  sepsis. 
They  found,  as  a  result  of  their  experiments,  that  hypochlorous 
acid  is  a  more  potent  germicide  than  its  salts.  In  their  work  they 
tested  the  efficiency  of  this  gas  (1)  by  its  action  in  killing  or  prevent- 
ing the  growth  of  organisms  on  artificial  culture  media;  (2)  by  its 
