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The speaker at the first meeting of the new season of Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society (D&G ...

Also known as carbolic acid, phenol exfoliates so deeply that it removes the outer layers of skin, essentially creating a controlled wound. During the procedure, following several steps of sedating ...

Carbolic acid (phenol) or camphor were sometimes added for their antiseptic properties. These products are frequently labeled as “carbolic” and “camphorated” dentifrices. Oils of cinnamon, clove, rose ...

Disinfection campaigns were the order of the day. In some places they ran carbolic acid through sewers, actually spreading the disease faster because it flushed out rats that had lived there.

The substance obtained by the treatment of coal tar is carbolic, or phenic acid, which differs materially in its properties from the real creosote. Being an effective disinfectant, carbolic acid ...

(This makes about 1 per cent solution.) Lysol has an odor similar tn carbolic acid, but is not So paisanous. It forms a soapy solution, hence its value as a cleansing agent. It numbs the parts and ...

("You put someone in a bath and steam them until they are half dead, or spray carbolic acid everywhere.") But the work of Haffkine and others was giving disease management a focal point - a virus ...

He read about Pasteur’s work on germ theory. He experimented using a chemical, carbolic acid, to soak bandages before applying them to a wound. He found that it prevented infection and helped ...

LIFE CAN BE difficult for many people. In the 19th century, life could be hard on the Olympic Peninsula. Homesteading alone ...

An example of a machine used by Lister to spray carbolic acid into the air when he was carrying out an operation This proved that antiseptic surgery significantly reduced the risk of infection ...