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and the suffocating odor of chlorine gas. It should be kept in
glass-stoppered bottles, in a cool place, and protected from the
light.
Therapeutic Uses.— Chlorine water is used internally in ma-
lignant fevers, such as scarlet fever, typhus, and in diphtheria,
aphthas, gangrene, syphilis, diseases of the liver, skin diseases,
etc. ; and as an antidote for hydrocyanic acid. The poisonous
effects of chlorine gas may be prevented by ammoniacal gas.
Albumen is the antidote for chlorine water, given freely, in the
form of milk, flour, eggs, etc.
Dose.—Of chlorine water, foj to f5iv, diluted.
Dental Uses.— Chlorine water is employed in dental practice
as a local application in gangrene of the mouth and fauces,
aphthae, cancrum oris, and fetor of the breath. Chlorine gas
has been employed to bleach discolored teeth, care being taken
that it reaches no other part than the cavity of the tooth under-
going such treatment, which may be accomplished by the appli-
cation of a large rubber dam, such as is used in the operation of
filling teeth.
DENTAL FORMULAE.
For Aphtha: and Gangrene of the For Aphthce, Stomatitis, and Cancrum
Mouth. Oris.
R. Aqurechlori ^ss ^ Liquoris chlori
Aquse destillatae . ^iiiss
. . Mellis aagij. M.
Syrupi simp ^ ss. M.
SiGNA.-To be used as a gargle or Signa.-To be applied as a lotion,
lotion.
For Mercurial Stomatitis.
For Fetor of the Breath and an Anti-
septic. R • Liquoris chlori . . part j
Aqua destillatse . parts viij. M.
R. Liquoris chlori . . . . ^iv .
Mellis ^^iv SiGNA.—To be used as a gargle for
Aqu£e destillatae M.
. . . 3 x. correcting the fetor, and diminishing
SiGXA.—To be applied as a gargle. slightly the discharge.
CHLOROFORMUM—CHLOROFORM.
Formula.—CHCI3. Sp. gr. 1.491.
Derivation.—Chloroform is obtained bv the distillation of
alcohol with chlorinated lime, or by the action of chlorine upon
alcohol. It is a colorless, limpid, neutral, and volatile fluid, with
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