Nov 24, 1888
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British Medical Journal
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SOZOIODOL. NEw chemical compounds are now being frequently introduced for therapeutical purposes, and before many years are over the Pharmacopaoia will without a doubt uindergo great changes in a chemical direction. From the vast number of new compounds reared in the laboratory not one tithe has been tested physioovsally, although the field offers great attraction both from a scientific and a financial point of view. The latest product, manufactured by Mr. H. Trommsdorff in Erfurt, consisting of di-iodo paraphenol siliphonic acid and its salts, for brevity called sozoiodol, claims to be an odourless substitute for iodotorm. The compoun(d contains three of the most efficacious antiseptics-namely, iodine (to the extent of 54 per cent.), carbolic acid, and sulphur. It has already received a good deal of attention on the Continent, and the reports made by a number of competent investigators are certainly most favourable, warranting the hope that sozoiodol will receive careful attention at the hands of English medical men. The compound, in the form of its sodium salt, has been given in twenty-two-grain doses thrice a day without any injurious effects manifesting themselves, and externally it is tolerated in the most concentrated state without creating artificial inflammation. Various salts-the sodium, potassium, zinc, and mercury saltshave been submitted to us. They proved to be pure and well crystallised, free from impurities that might produce irritating effects. The English agent for sozoiodol is Mr. F. Boelhm, 27, Billiter Buiildings, E.C.