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A NEW DISINFECTANT

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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 10, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 22.

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A NEW DISINFECTANT.

EXPERIMENTS are believed to show that aseptol, or orthopenot-sulphate, is destined to take the place of carbolic acid as a disinfectant and antiseptic. It is a syrupy, brown fluid of aromatic odor, and soluble in alcohol, glycerine, and water, and is not irritating in as strong as ten per cent. solutions. As an antiseptic it is said to equal carbolic acid, while possessing also the advantage of pleasanter odor, more solubility, etc.—Chicago Herald.