acetic acid. A product of the oxidation of ethylic alcohol and of the destructive distillation of wood, applied locally as a counterirritant.
benzoic acid. External uses, antiseptic.
carbolic acid. Used in podiatry, as an antiseptic, as a disinfectant and as an anesthetic.
chromic acid. Has caustic properties.
dichloracetic acid. Used as a caustic application to venereal sores.
glacial acetic acid. Employed externally as a caustic for removal of warts and helomata.
hydrochloric acid. Externally employed as an escharotic.
monochloracetic acid. Used as a caustic for helomata and verrucae.
nitric acid. Used as a caustic against verrucae.
nitrohydrochloric acid. An active caustic agent.