USE OF BRILLIANT GREEN AS AN ANTISEPTIC IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 24, 2011
• Sequence Number: 155
• Publication Date: July 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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USE OF BRILLIANT GREEIJ AS ~ ANTISEPTIC IN THE_ USSR
Meditsinekiv R bo t yol }~yI7, No 28 ~
bfoscow, G Apr 1954 ~1~52)
N. tiovikov,
Cand Med Sci, Kiev
The Pharmacological Committee of the Scientific Medical Council
btinistry of Public $ealth, Ukrainian USSR, has recommended for e
new antiseptic liquid. For 2 of the
enterprises of 'the machine buildiu~ this liquid has been g nera~ use a
well as in man B, metallur ice- successfully used at
y mines. B 1, and textile industries, as
The antiseptic liquid is a green-colored colloidal
of ether. It evaporates easily and is inflammable. Zt should be ge
provided with mass, which has an odor
ground-Mess stoppers or rubber stoppers. Pt in vessels
Ta Prepare the antiseptic liquid, two parts of brilliant
ir. a mortar, together xith two parts of 9~ ale o
of castor oil green are ground
thorou h1 ' tee parts of tannin, and 200 ~-1" Ne.t is added five
6 y mixed together Parts of collodion. .111 thisaita
sufficient for the treatmer;t ofe200ndred grams of th_ finished
250 minor skin injuries. Preparation are
When the antiseptic preparation is applied, the skin around the
be dry. In case the skin is soiled by oily sub,~ances it is
the skin with gasoline or a injury must
medicine dropper or a solution of iodine in ~as~line, necessary to clean
skin portion and the glass rod, the Li uid - With the aid of a
surface which q ~1seAtic is_annlieri to the injured
minutes, a dense ~Y?'?'ounils the
ela,^tic film is formed on t 1~urY? After 1 12_2
be skin, which protects the injury.
If the wound bleeds, it is nece,s~ry to cover it with a
absorbent cotton or gauge prior to application of the 11
small piece of
If the liquid is a fluid.
-rand and fin ers- PPLied to the palm oi' tie hand or to the finger, L.re
mus~be fully ertended. If t}ie liqui3 is a
surface of the hand, the hand and fingers must be fully bent -
pressed together into a fist. This i^, P'}ied to the back
skin aftor the mass has dried. necessary to - in other words,
prevent extension of the
If cracks have formed in the film, it is necessar
cation of liquid. The protective film is s!r
for no less than 4- Y to repeat the appli-
5 days. ong: it is retained on the skin
The liquid is applied in cases of surface injuries of smell extent _
other words abrasions, scratches, and bruises accompanied o
cutaneous hemorrhs - in
in cases of rroundsgwhichTareaacccmpanied berameable dressing carbnotabeoas or
of extensive or contaminate Y Profuse hemorrhs es PPlied
ination which ma xound- whenever there g , in the case
the site of thc~ ~'l`~".n the orma ion of pus is a suspicion of contam_
injury is painful swollen, or inflamed,henever the area around
fel'dshersroftpublicihealthistationsianddb~y be successfully carried out by
medical aides2j. Y well-trained 'sanitar d?
Y puties"
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