The Falls City tribune., 1910-04-08
PREVENTION OF INFECTION
THE EFFERvESCENT oERMiCIDE
PEROXIDE OF HYDROGEN.
Its Great Usefulness.As An Enemy
TO Injection Entertaining
Talk by Or. Morsman.

Peroxide of hydrogen, or Hydro
asn Dioxide. is a gas soluable In
water, and this solution is what is
sold In the shops.
Thirty years ago ii was little used
except MS a bleaching agent and for
chemical tests. Now it is widely
known and millions of bottles are
sold every year. II is an antiseptic
and germicide of great power; very
prompt and thorough In action and
absolutely harmless and unirritating.
In action IT froths and bubbles, des-
troying all germs, pus and offensive
matter. There is nothing better to
use for cuts, wounds, ulcers. abces.
SEES or any open or running sore. II
destroys every infection it ean reach
and leaves the surface clean and in
good condition for healthy %granula-
ton.
1t should be applied 10 every fresh
cut when there Is II possibility Of
infection being carried into the
wound. Its injection into the wound,
SO ii win reach every surface, is Il
guarantee of safety. Whenever the
skin is broken from any accidental
cause it is a good and safe appliea-
ton and it never causes pain or ir-
r%itation The frequent appliea
ton TO abraded surfaces keeps the
new gfanulatlons clean and healthy
and pus cannot form; neither will
there be proud flesh, or excessive
inflammation.
For throat affections. when there is
excessive oxidation OF mucous it is
very effective used as a gargle or by
s%wabbing with cotton tied to a
stick and saturated with the full
strength solution. As a gargle it can
be diluted about one-half with water,
but it will do no harm il used full
strength, Still the half strength sol.
ution Is sufficiently strong
II is a little difficult TO get the eff
feet in children because they cannot
eargle effectively. but the frequent
use of a swab saturated with il
does very well. As a mouth wash
| know of nothing that equals it in
efficiency. II can be used diluted or
full strength, Even when used one
part of peroxide to three of water it
is still quite active and when ii is
.sozzled' around In the mouth, fore.
ed between the teeth and under the
lips. it finds every bacterial colony"
and leaves the mouth clean.
1t can be used for all nasal troubles
reduced to II part in five or six of
warm water and introduced by spray
or by nasal douche. Thus it becomes
useful in catarrah, hay fever. colds
in the head and even in alternating
the nasal symptoms of Ia grippe. 1t
should always be diluted when used
In the nasal passages.
The strong solution relieves the
itching of misquito bites and stings
OF insects. II is used as an agent for
bleaching the hair also.
Peroxide OF hydrogen is not much
used internally except in local dis
eases of the stomach, in which case
it can be taken in t|easpoouful doses
diluted With milk or water, 1t is
never absorbed. because ii decompos.
IS as soon as il meets With anything
TO act upon.
There are many makes of peroxide
on the market. Al OF these seem
TO be fairly good though the prepar-
alton made by Wen known and relia-
bic manufacturers like Parke Davis
a Co. or Maninekrodt. bring a little
higher price.
DioXogen is a copyrighted name
Tor IN advertised product. OF course
the intention is to make a demand
by advertising for this particular
brand on the claim that it is better
or purer.
Dioxogen is nothing but Peroxide
of hydrogen and | cannot see that
it is any better thar the ordinary
brands. As it has no advantages oy-
er the ordinary brands the adyer.
tisers seek to make it appear to have
so they advertise that it contains nc
acetanilide, implying that this is a
-detriment to other brands. l dc
not think that Dioxogen contains any
%acetanilide because the makers have
TO wire the eorks in the bottles just
as everyone did before they discoy.
cred the use of acetanilied. Perox-
ide of Hydrogen is not a stable pre-
paration-that is, it is not permanent