Evening journal., 1923-02-14

4 but the Garrel-Ddkln solution,
although it was the most mar
velous antiseptic the world had
ever seen, would not keep" 1t
had to be made daily for the hos
pitfalls by experts and the general
public was denied its protection.
Experimental Six Years
For six years chemists have
been experimenting with the an
tiseptic in the hope of overcom-
ing this defect. They have at
last succeeded. Zonite, as the
new product is called, is the
Carrel-Dakin solution not only
stabilized but concentrated and
perfected-thus making it avail
able for use in our daily lives.
Although absolutely harmless
and non-poisonous. it is shown
by standard laboratory tests to
have more than twice the germi-
cidal strength of pure carbolic
acid.
An interview has been obtained
with the chemist who IS chiefly re-
sponsible for giving this miraculous
antlseptic to the general public. The
interview took place In western
city. where the laboratory Of the
chemist ie located. Part OF the in
terview ls as follows:
To begin with" said the inter
viewer, let me congratulate you
upon giving this antiseptlc TO the
world"
Don't congratulate me-" the
chemist said quickly. II claim little
credit for zonite. The Rockefeller
/ Institute people first showed the
antiseptic possibilities OF NaoCL 10
the surgical world. The Carrel-
Dakin solution Is the real discovery
not zonite."
But you have A concentration of
this solution that will keep and they
haven't. Isn't that true?"
Yes" admitted the chemist, that
is true"
/ We'll. then" said the interviewer.
tell me about It, What got you
started on your experiments and
how long have you been at them p"
Real AntiseptIc Long Needed
Several years before war was
! declared" said the chemist, Il recoz-
nized the possibilities OF NaOCI and
had been experimenting with II. /
knew. as did every surgeon and
chemist in the world, that there was
no real antiseptic that could be ap-
! piled in strong solution to living tis-
! sue. was not surprised, therefore.
TO hear of the frightful wound in
! fections in the Allied hospitals. What
can n surgeon do with carbolic acid,
iodine, bichloride and stuff like that?
II he uses them at sufficient strength
10 destroy bacteria, they will destroy
body tissue. If he dilutes them to a
point where they are non-irritating,
they won't destroy bacteria, and
there YOU are.
When the Carrel-Dakin solution
was discovered the only thing we
knew about IL over here at first was
That it was powerful antiseptic
that 80 was harmless to tissue and
that it had checked wound infec-
ton in the war hospitals. Finally
the formula was published in vari-
GUS medical journals and 1 learned
lust what il was and that IL was un-
stable. Il could not be placed in
the hands of the general public, be-
cause il had be be prepared by lab
oratory methods the day il was used
'.But my faith in NaOCL was re-
newed and l got to thinking. Here
was the only real -germicidal anti
septic in the world that could be
applied freely TO the human body.
IL would be OF tremendous benefit
in every home II way could be
found to stabilize IL. My assistants
and I talked IL over several days
and decided to continue experiment
ing where Carrel-Dakin left of. our
work for the first two years was dis
couraging. We tried many different
combinations, yielding the same ac-
tive principles, but got no results.
Finally. through high voltage cleo
trio current of a certain amperage,
plus pressures and balanced temper
atures, we saw a light. 1t was only
a dim light II took us four years
more to reach our final result-siX
years in all. However. Zonite is all
we hoped for-and more. Not only
will il keep its strength indefinitely,
but il is concentrated. It has about
twice the germicidal strength of the
Carrel-Dakin solution, with even
greater healing power
If you want a Carrel-Dskin solu-
! tlon, you simply add an equal guam
| tity OF water to Zonite. II you want
a stronger solution, you can use
} Zonite pure. Ii is n-poisonous and
! is proved by the standard phenol
coefficient test to be more than twice
| as powerful a germicide as pure
| carbolic acid.
But in Zonie we have some