Treatment of Burns by Silver Nitrate, Tannic Acid, and Gentian Violet

Tannic Acid in the Treatment of Burns

To ilic Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?During the past few years, tannic acid has come into considerable vogue for the treatment of burns. As House Surgeon in the Sir J. J. Hospital in Bombay in 1927-28 I had to treat many cases of burns, but was unsuccessful with tannic acid. I asked my chief, Mr. S. R. Moolgavkar, f.r.c.s., as to the reason for this, and he gave me the following adv...

Antiseptic Analgesic Tannic-Acid Jelly for Burns

The Selective Bactericidal Action of Gentian Violet

During the course of an experimental study of bacteriuria, specimens of urine thought to contain Bacillus prodigiosus which had been injected into the circulation became contaminated with Bacillus subtilis. In an effort to rid them of this contamination, the effect on the two organisms of a number of common dyes was studied and a striking selective power possessed by gentian violet was brought ...

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 Effect of Gentian Violet on Protozoa

In the original communication of Churchman 1 on the selective bactericidal action of gentian violet, published two years ago, the suggestion was made that similar studies should be carried out on the effect of the dye on growing tissue. This communication contains the report s of work undertaken in that direction. The work was primarily undertaken to settle two questions raised by the observati...