Hogner mentions two instances of death from the employment of 2 1/2 per cent solution of boric acid in washing out a dilated stomach The symptoms were quite similar to those mentioned by Molodenkow.
Molodenkow mentions two fatal cases from the external employment of boric acid as an antiseptic.
Ordinarily speaking, the effect of boric acid in medicinal doses on the human system is nil, an exceptionally large quantity causing diuresis.
The operation is carried on through the entire series, until the liquor in the last basin contains about 2% of boric acid.
The soffioni contain a small quantity of boric acid (usually less than 0.
The presence of boric acid or its salts has been noted in sea-water, whilst it is also said to exist in plants and especially in almost all fruits (A.
Boric acid is also a constituent of certain silicates, such as tourmaline, axinite, and datholite.
Boric acid is soluble in alcohol and in hot water.
For a purulent conjunctivitis which may sometimes result from the presence of pustules on the lids, the saturated solution of boric acidshould be frequently used in the form of a spray.
If preferred, a cold solution of boric acid may be used in place of plain water, and when there is an excessive and unpleasant odor present, thymol may be added to the solution.
To bathe the eyes use fresh pieces of absorbent cotton dipped inboric acid solution.
Boric Acid Ointment: topically, especially in eczema of the vulva.
Potassium Boro-Tartrate: more efficient than the magnesium salt; prepared by heating together four parts of cream of tartar, one of boric acid, and ten of water.
Puncturing of tympanum if it bulge, followed by careful cleansing and insufflation of boric acid.
Treatment consists of frequent soap-and-water washings, and the application of boric acid, resorcin, and corrosive sublimate lotions.
A saturated solution of boric acid or a lotion of corrosive sublimate (one to three grains to the ounce) applied to the immediate neighborhood of the boil or boils tends to prevent the formation of new lesions.
Carbolic acid can render great service, but there is another antiseptic, the use of which I am strongly inclined to advise, this is boric acid in concentrated solution, that is, four per cent.
Guyon, in charge of the genito-urinary clinic at the Necker hospital, to try injections of a solution of boric acid in affections of the bladder.
Would it not be of great service to place a warm concentrated solution of boric acid, and compresses, at the bedside of each patient; which she could renew frequently after saturating with the solution, and this also after confinement.
Boric acid, borax, and formaldehyde are the preservatives more often found in milk.
The cleansing enema may be either soapsuds, a solution of bicarbonate of soda, or boric acid (1 teaspoonful to the pint), or a saline solution.
The dish is then heated gently for a few minutes, and, if boric acid or borax is present, a pink or dark red color will appear.
The nipples are washed thoroughly and boiled once a day and dropped into a solution of boric acid or bicarbonate of soda when not in use.
Before each nursing the nipples should be carefully washed off with a solution of boric acid.
Immediately after each nursing the nipples should be washed off in a saturated solution of boric acid in cold water, and dried with a soft cloth.
If the foreign body has caused a good deal of irritation before its removal, it is best to drop into the eye a solution of boric acid (ten grains to the ounce of water) four times daily.
Qualitative tests showed the presence of boric acid, zinc, magnesium, a solid fatty acid and material insoluble in hydrochloric acid containing magnesium and aluminum.
In view of the small amount of boric acid present in the powder, its antiseptic powers must be slight and its germicidal powers almost nil.
Instead of the bichloride you may use a tablespoonful of carbolic acid, or two tablets of chinosol, or a tablespoonful of lysol, or two tablespoonfuls of boric acid.
Married women should also take a douche once a day--the douche may consist of two quarts of water in which has been dissolved a teaspoonful of common table salt, or a tablespoonful of borax or boric acid.
When the surface skin is scraped off, as often happens to the shin, knee, or head, an ointment containing sixty grains of boric acid to the ounce of vaseline makes a good application, and this may be covered with a bandage.
If the wound is small, and there is no discharge from it, it may be painted with collodion or covered with boric-acid ointment (sixty grains of boric acid to the ounce of vaseline) after the first day.
Boric acid possesses the defects of borax in a greater degree, and would, of course, simply form sodium borate with liberation of fatty acids, so should never be added to a neutral soap.
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