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GLYCOZONE. 4^7

taste, and causes a feeling of warmth when it conies in contact
with the mouth or stomach.
Medical Properties and Action—Glycozone excites the salivary-
glands to increased action and stimulates the gastric secretions.
It attracts to itself water from the adjacent tissues, but not suffi-
cient to cause injury, a property due to the glycerine it contains.
In excessive doses of one or two ounces, glycozone causes epi-
gastric uneasiness, followed by loose, copious, watery stools,
which are accompanied by severe cramps. It appears to have no
effect upon the kidneys, liver or heart. It is slowly decomposed
in the stomach, ozone being liberated and the glycerine uniting
with the water from the tissues. It is supposed that the morbid
elements with which it comes in contact hasten this decomposi-
tion, and in so doing are themselves oxidized and destroyed.
The presence of free ozone in the stomach resulting from the
decomposition of glycozone aids the digestive process. Glyco-
zone must be kept in tightly-corked bottles, glass-stoppered are
best, and when thus protected, it will not deteriorate at a tem-
perature of even 110° F. No metallic instruments should be
brought in contact with it, as such contact decomposes it ; hence
glass or hard-rubber vessels and syringes are necessary when
using it. It resembles peroxide of hydrogen in producing a
powerful oxidizing effect, although its action may not be as rapid
or as energetic as the latter compound ; therefore it cannot be
safely combined with other drugs or chemical substances when
prescribing it.
Therapeutic Uses.—Glycozone is employed in the treatment
of gastric ulcer, affections of the stomach, catarrh of chronic
alcoholism, chronic gastric catarrh from other causes, and atonic
and acid dyspepsia. Externally—when a diseased or suppura-
ting surface is cleansed by peroxide of hydrogen, the application
of glycozone stimulates healthy action and promotes recovery.
It also checks the discharge of irritating secretions, and prevents
infection from pathogenic organisms, by acting as a powerful
antiseptic and stimulant. It is also useful in follicular pharyngi-
tis, and chronic coryza, and croup.
For diphtheria a tablespoonful of glycozone may be given in
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