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DENTAL MEDICINE.
Medical Properties and Action.—Benzoic acid is stimulant, par-
ticularly of mucous surfaces, and its vapor causes great irritation
of the air passages. It is also antiseptic and expectorant, and
some claim that it is a more powerful antiseptic than carbolic acid.
Like salicylic and boracic acids, it prevents fermentation and
putrefaction and destroys minute organisms. In the system it is
converted into hippuric acid, by the assumption of the elements
of glycocol, and in this form is excreted in the urine ; a large
part is excreted by the kidneys, as benzoic acid.
Therapeutic Uses.—Benzoic acid is employed in chronic cys-
titis, gout, calculous diseases, jaundice, incontinence of urine in
children, etc.
Dose.—Gr. x.
Dental Uses.—Benzoic acid is used as a mouth-wash for dis-
eases of the oral mucous membrane in solution— 5ij or more to
Sij of water ; also as an injection in fractures of the jaws where
the mouth cannot be opened to any extent. It may also be em-
ployed as an antiseptic in suppurating and gangrenous conditions
of the pulps of teeth and mucous membrane; also as a local
hemostatic in combination with powdered alum. It forms one
of the ingredients of Dr. Chapin A. Harris' Gum Wash.
The tinctures of benzoin are employed in the treatment of un-
healthy and sloughing wounds, flabby granulations, foul ulcers, as
they destroy the fetor and stimulate to a more healthy growth.
The compound tincture combined with the tinctures of iodine,
aconite, and cannabis indica, forms an excellent counter-irritant
for incipient periodontitis, pulpitis, alveolar pyorrhoea, etc., etc.
In the antiseptic employment of benzoic acid, it may be used as
a substitute for boracic and salicylic acids. The addition of
borax will increase its solubility in water.
Benzoate of Ammonium Jmmonii Benzoas—will dissolve
phosphatic calculi, if its use is long continued.
Benzoated lard, when employed in the preparation of oint-
ments, prevents chemical change, such as rancidity or acridity.
It is prepared by digesting, at a moderate heat, o'j of powdered
benzoin with a pound of lard.
DENTAL MEDICINE.
Medical Properties and Action.—Benzoic acid is stimulant, par-
ticularly of mucous surfaces, and its vapor causes great irritation
of the air passages. It is also antiseptic and expectorant, and
some claim that it is a more powerful antiseptic than carbolic acid.
Like salicylic and boracic acids, it prevents fermentation and
putrefaction and destroys minute organisms. In the system it is
converted into hippuric acid, by the assumption of the elements
of glycocol, and in this form is excreted in the urine ; a large
part is excreted by the kidneys, as benzoic acid.
Therapeutic Uses.—Benzoic acid is employed in chronic cys-
titis, gout, calculous diseases, jaundice, incontinence of urine in
children, etc.
Dose.—Gr. x.
Dental Uses.—Benzoic acid is used as a mouth-wash for dis-
eases of the oral mucous membrane in solution— 5ij or more to
Sij of water ; also as an injection in fractures of the jaws where
the mouth cannot be opened to any extent. It may also be em-
ployed as an antiseptic in suppurating and gangrenous conditions
of the pulps of teeth and mucous membrane; also as a local
hemostatic in combination with powdered alum. It forms one
of the ingredients of Dr. Chapin A. Harris' Gum Wash.
The tinctures of benzoin are employed in the treatment of un-
healthy and sloughing wounds, flabby granulations, foul ulcers, as
they destroy the fetor and stimulate to a more healthy growth.
The compound tincture combined with the tinctures of iodine,
aconite, and cannabis indica, forms an excellent counter-irritant
for incipient periodontitis, pulpitis, alveolar pyorrhoea, etc., etc.
In the antiseptic employment of benzoic acid, it may be used as
a substitute for boracic and salicylic acids. The addition of
borax will increase its solubility in water.
Benzoate of Ammonium Jmmonii Benzoas—will dissolve
phosphatic calculi, if its use is long continued.
Benzoated lard, when employed in the preparation of oint-
ments, prevents chemical change, such as rancidity or acridity.
It is prepared by digesting, at a moderate heat, o'j of powdered
benzoin with a pound of lard.
