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Calcarea Chlorinata

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General

Calcarea Chlorinata.

Chlorinated Lime. CaOCl2. Hypochlorate of lime with Chloride of Calcium and a varying amount of Hydrate of Lime.

Clinical

Boils. Carbuncles.

Characteristics

This preparation has only been used as a local application, for boils and carbuncles chiefly, in the form of the Liquor Calcis Chloratae of the British Pharmacopoeia.