From the analysis of Platt’s Chlorides, it is evident that when the preparation is evaporated, water vapor only escapes.[133] Whatever disinfecting or germicidal action the preparation may possess is exercised only when the solution is brought in direct contact with the substance to be disinfected.
The aluminum and zinc salts present may be useful as deodorants but they are not effective as germicides. The presence of mercuric chlorid in a concentration of 1 to 10,000 is hardly to be considered as materially increasing the efficiency. The directions recommend the use of a mixture of 1 part of Platt’s Chlorides to 10 parts of water for rinsing the hands, and a mixture of 1 part to 4 parts of water for the disinfection of discharges. It is further stated that 1 quart makes 2 gallons sufficiently strong for general use. It is evident that such dilutions decrease considerably the feeble germicidal action of the original fluid.—(From The Journal A. M. A., March 27, 1920.)
ANTI-TUBERCULOUS LYMPH COMPOUND (SWEENY) AND ANTI-SYPHILITIC COMPOUND (SWEENY)
Report of the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry
The Council has authorized publication of the reports which appear below, declaring Anti-Tuberculous Lymph Compound (Sweeny) and Anti-Syphilitic Compound (Sweeny) ineligible for New and Nonofficial Remedies.
W. A. Puckner, Secretary.
Anti-Tuberculous Lymph Compound (Sweeny)
“Anti-Tuberculous Lymph Compound (Sweeny)” is put out by the National Laboratories of Pittsburgh, Dr. Gilliford B. Sweeny, “Medical Director.” Sweeny has claimed at different times that he became interested in the subject of von Behring’s efforts to immunize cattle to tuberculosis at a time when he was an assistant in von Behring’s laboratory. He claims to have conceived the idea while there of transferring bovine immunity to tuberculosis to the human subject and later to have evolved his “treatment” at the Pasteur Institute in Paris.