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Physician's Materia Medica on Thymol

ALKAL-ANTISEPTINE
   A pleasantly aromatic liquid having an alkaline reaction and serving as an efficient antiseptic and germicide although not pois onous to the human subject. It differs from Antiseptine, q. v. in that it contains glycerin and is distinctly alkaline. Its chief active constituents are Thymol, Eucalyptol, Menthol, Sodium Borate and Sodium Benzoate. Internally it may be given in teaspoonful doses as a gastric and intestinal antiseptic with antacid properties, but it is much more commonly used locally 1

THYMETHYMU
   The leaves of THYMUs VULGARIs, Lin. Carminative, antispasmodic, emmenagogue. antiseptic. The active constituent is the volatile oil. See Thymol.1

THYMOL
   A camphor-like substance; (phenol) obtained from the oil of THYME, and other essential oils. Antiseptic, antizymotic. Used internally in typhoid fever and as an intestinal antiseptic; locally for its antiseptic actioin. Dose, 0.06 to 0.30 Grm. (1 to 5 grs.).1

THYMOL IODIDE (Aristol)
   Antiseptic, alterative; used as a substitute for lodoform, over which it has the advantage that it is odorless.1


References

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