Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-11-29

tSaved the lives of hundreds of thou
sands of desperately wounded men.
| This solution was SO powerful that
! its application to wound, sore,
burn or any break of the skin. de-
stroyed infection promptly, and ac-
complished this wonder without in
juring the tissues in the slightest de-
gree.
i 1t is the most remarkable Of all
antiseptlcs
| But why is it remarkable
! 1t is remarkable because it's use
reduced mortality from infection
among wounded soldiers from sew
cnty per cent to a negligible num-
Der.
1t is remarkable because it was
so sure and dependable that sur
geons were able to forctell almost
i 10 a day. with mathematical pre-
c'sion, when a seemingly mortal
wound would be healed and when
| the injured soldier could ret1rn to
the firing line in perfect health.
1t is remarkable because it's use
in war hospitals checked infection.
reduced amputations seventy per
| cent. healed wounds in from one
half to one-thrd the time ordinarily
required, and sent q constant
slfeam OF fully restored men back
TO the firing line, who otherwise
would have slept in soldiers graves,
or carried empty sleeves or worn
cork legs. bitter but eloquent re-
mlnders of the inadequacy and in
sufficiency of the then prevailing
methods.
1t is remarkable because, according
, to standard laboratory tests, it has
! more than twice the germicidal
power OF pure carbolic acid, yet is
! ron poisonous.
1t is remarkable because. in adj
dltlon to it's germ destroying eff
i cheney, it is an extraordinary heal
ing agent. actually promoting It's
sue growth.
/ 1t IS remarkable because its use
! IN hospitals and in civil surgery
fas demonstrated that it alone full
nils the requirements of an ideal
! antiseptic
1t was inevitable that this re-
markable discovery should amaze
the civilized world. and become the
subject of widespread comment.
Countless Lives Saved
The sentiment of the scientific
end medical journals, magazines
ana newspapers was summarized in
The Literary Digest, April IA, 1917:
| countless lives have been saved.
computations have been avoided,
wounds have healed in half or even
q third Of the time ordinarily re-
CURED. by the use Of the new Car
/ fei-Dakin treatment Of infected
wounds
According to La Nature (Paris)
! the Carrel-Dakin method has been
proclaimed the greatest surgical dis
covery since the days of Lister"
Ana now how can the world best
'FRONT.' by the biggest single asset of thc
var: Can this powerful though non
,, home ready for instant use? Until re-
| Gently II could not. for tho following
reason; The Carrel-Dakin solution is
Unstable III other words. it win not
keep. u must be freshly made just
before using and the preparation Of it
is both delicate and complicated. This
means that its use is restricted to hos
pitals and the medical profession for
whom it is prepared by laboratory
Since its discovery. however. some
SIX years ago, chemists have been ex-
periment.ng earnestly in an effort to
stabilize the Carrel-Dakin solution AT
last they have succeeded. Not only
have they stabilized it but they have
concentrated it. This means that Zon-
lte;; as the new preparation is called.
viii not only keep indefinitely but can
be put uD in comparatively small con-
tanners ready for immediate use The
result is this: Every household in the
world can loo guarded against infection
and contag ion by an antiseptic that not
only is harmless and non-poisonous
but when subjected to standard labor
atory tests for disinfectants shows
more than twice the germicidal power
of pure CarbClic acid
The days of poisons in the home arc
past. Carbolic acid. bichloride of mer-
curry. all deadly things Of the sort
must go. Zonite will do much more
than any er them without any of their
attendant dangers.