Chlorlyptus: Red color becomes gradually feebler and does not spread on the paper.
Chlorlyptus Oil: Turns blue in a few minutes.
(b) Dropped on tongue:
Chlorlyptus: Acid taste at once. Does not increase, but on contrary, becomes less.
Litmus applied after ten minutes: not acid.
Litmus applied after five minutes: distinctly acid.
(c) Dropped on inside of cheek:
Chlorlyptus, 1⁄3 c.c.: After six minutes, litmus very red.
After ten minutes, faintly red.
After fifteen minutes, blue.
Chlorlyptus Oil, 1 c.c.
After three minutes, faintly red.
After eight minutes, neutral.
Conclusions.—On contact with living tissues, the acid of chlorlyptus is rapidly neutralized and absorbed.
The surface is neutral within ten or fifteen minutes.
It is therefore very improbable that the acidity is effectively antiseptic.
A comparison of chlorlyptus with dilute acetic acid shows that the chlorlyptus does not maintain the acidity even as well as 1 per cent. acetic acid.
| Acetic Acid | Chlorlyptus |
| Tongue, a drop of 5 per cent.; still slightly acid to litmus after ten minutes; taste almost gone in two minutes | Neutral between five and ten minutes |
| Gums, a few drops between cheeks and gums: Five per cent. still strongly acid in twelve minutes; distinctly acid in seventeen minutes. One per cent. still strongly acid in twenty-one minutes | Neutral between ten and fifteen minutes |