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Physician's Materia Medica on Guaiacol

CREOSOTIDE
   Creosote Iodide, a chemical combination of Iodine with the Guaiacol, Creosol and analogous bodies which are constituents of Beechwood Creosote. It is alterative and antiseptic, exerting a favorable influence over nutrition in wasting diseases. Wherever Iodine or Iodides are indicated, Creosotide may be prescribed. In incipient tuberculosis, it causes a gain in weight and a general improvement in symptoms. It has proved of value especially in the treatment of glandular enlargements, ofscrofulou1

GUAIACOL
   The principal constituent of BEecHwooD csEosorE. Antiseptic, antipyretic, local anodyne. Prescribed in tubercular diseases, car buncle, lupus, etc. Dose, 0.13 to 1.0 c. c. (2 to 15 Ill), administered in capsules or in milk. Guaiacol Carbonate is an insoluble crystalline powder which is nearly tasteless. Dose, 0.3 to 2.0 Grm. (5 to 30 grs.), three times-a day.1

THIOCOL
   Derivative from GUAIACOL, having the advantage of solubility in water. Used as a substitute for creosote and guaiacol in tuber cular diseases and in chronic bronchitis. Dose, 0.3 to 1.3 Grm. (5 to 20 grs.) or more, three times a day.1


References

1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.