Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pale-brown amorphous compound, C3H7.-CH3.C6H2(OI)2, of faint odor, containing 45.8% iodine, obtained by treating thymol with sodium hydrate, iodine, and potassium iodide; di-thymol-di-iodide; thymol iodide. It is used as a substitute for iodoform. Also called
annidalin .
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Examples
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Weeping and exuding patches should be treated with powdered stearate of zinc, or oleate of bismuth, or aristol, either one dusted on till the area is fairly covered.
The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Then the raw surface is dusted over with pure boric acid or aristol, and the boric-acid ointment applied as before.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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If death of the frozen part becomes inevitable, the hand or foot should be suspended in a nearly vertical position to keep the blood out, and the part bathed twice daily with a solution of corrosive sublimate (one 7.7 gr. tablet to pint of water), dusted well with aristol, and dressed with absorbent cotton and bandage until the dead tissue separates and comes away.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Gallacetophenone and aristol also act well in some cases, applied in five - to ten-per-cent. strength, as ointments.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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