This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
As a local detergent and disinfectant, chlorine solution is very serviceable. In cases of aphthous stomatitis I have known it quickly relieve when borax has failed.
In ulceration of the fauces, whether scarlatinal, septic, or syphilitic, a gargle containing about 1/2 dr. of liquor chlori in 6 oz. of water, is one of the best for removing unhealthy discharge and slough; in salivation also it is useful.
 
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