Treatment of hemorrhoids, and other non-malignant rectal diseases

by W. P. Agnew

CARBOLIC ACID POISON AND EMBOLUS.

With a fifty per cent. solution of carbolic acid and the combination given, carbolic acid poison and embolus are entirely out of the question. The only danger of embolus lies in the too sparing use of a weak solution of carbolic acid, injected slowly into the unobstructed calibre of a coursing vein. While a strong solution quickly and generously applied would destroy the tissue and obliterate the vessel as effectually as the hot iron.