l. sodii boratis compositus. Dobell’s solution. An alkaline antiseptic preparation.
l. sodii ethylatis. Employed externally as a caustic.
l. sodii silicatis. Used in surgery for applying splints.
l. zinci chlorodi. Disinfectant and deodorant.
listerine. Trade name of a solution containing boric acid, benzoic acid, thymol and other substances.
Lister’s method. Antiseptic surgery.
lith. Stone, as in lithology, the branch of medical science, relating to calculi or concretions.
litter. A stretcher for carrying the sick or wounded.
locomotor ataxia (tabes dorsalis). Hardening of the posterior columns, ganglia, roots and peripheral nerves of the spinal cord.
logos. Treatise, as in Pathology, a branch of medical science which treats of disease in all its relations.