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Latin, Iodoformum
Eng., Iodoform. Formula, CHI3.
A lemon-yellow powder or crystals.
A peculiar, very penetrating and persistent odor, and an unpleasant, slightly sweetish and iodine-like taste.
Almost insoluble in water. Soluble in 60 parts of alcohol.
4 grains (0.25 Gm.).
Eng., Iodoform Ointment. Contains 10 per cent. of the drug.
Probably a mild antiseptic and local analgesic.
Principally as a dressing for wounds and various local lesions, particularly if of a syphilitic or tuberculous character.
1 Stelwagon: Diseases of the Skin.
Administration-The odor renders the drug particularly objectionable. As a dressing it is usually applied dry or by means of the five or ten per cent. iodoform gauze. Sometimes used in the form of ointments, or suspensions.
 
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