MERCUROCHROME 220 SOLUBLE

'Mercurochrome-220 Soluble' in Leprosy Work

' Mercurochrome-220 soluble a complex organic preparation of mercury containing from 23 to 24 per cent, of metallic mercury, has been in use practically since 1922. According to Solis-Cohen (1928), Piper seems to have been the first in America to utilize therapeutically the germicidal properties of this preparation, by administering it intravenously in puerperal and post-operative septicaemias....

Mercurochrome-220 Soluble and Gentian Violet Bactericidal Efficiency by Intravenous

In March, 1924, Young and Hill 1 published some very interesting results in the treatment of septicemia and local infections by intravenous injections of mercurochrome-220 soluble and gentian violet, reporting a series of 'twelve cases. The series was divided into two groups. The first group included seven cases of local and generalized (becteremic) infections with either staphylococcus or colo...

The Treatment of Septicemia and Local Infections by Intravenous Injections of Mercurochrome-220 Soluble and of Gentian Violet

In our first paper on mercurochrome-220 soluble,1 experiments were cited to show that it could be introduced intravenously in doses of 5 mg. per kilogram of body weight in rabbits and 10 mg. per kilogram in dogs, with impunity. In this paper we detailed a prolonged search which we had made with many old and new combinations of mercury and of dyes to find a germicide which would not coagulate al...

Mercurochrome in Leprosy a Corrigendum

per kilogramme of body-weight, which roughly corresponds to 19 c.cm. and not 17 c.cm. as erroneously stated. And, in the conclusions on page 128, the dosages stated in paras 4, 5, and 7, should read as 5.0 milligrammes, 3.75 milligrammes and 3.75 "milligrammes respectively. We are grateful to Dr. Elliot for the trouble he has taken to point out the errors. But, we regret to note that, he attrib...

The Dosage of Intravenous Mercurochrome