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Dakin's solution
Also known as:
Carrell-Dakin solution
Carrel-Dakin fluid
Dakin’s fluid
Associated persons:
Alexis Carrel
Henry Drysdale Dakin
Description:
Highly diluted, neutral antiseptic solution for cleansing wounds. Consists of sodium hypochlorite (0,45 % to 0,5 %) and boric acid (4 %). Its solvent action on dead cells hastens the separation of dead from living tissue. The solution is unstable and cannot be stored more than a few days. Developed during World War I.
Bibliography:
- H. D. Dakin:
On the use of certain antiseptic substances in the treatment of infected wounds.
British Medical Journal, London, 1915, 2: 318-320.
- Journal of the American Medical Association, Chicago, 1917; 69: 27.
- British Medical Journal, London, 1918, I: 51.
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