THE NEW ANTISEPTIC.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3735, 29 December 1927, Page 2

THE NEW ANTISEPTIC.

A GREAT DISCOVERY.

REMARKABLE DRUG.

Cabled reference has been made to the discovery of a new antiseptic, the history of which was described by Sir Alfred Mond at a luncheon to medical men in London.

Mr. Pinnock, a chemist in the laboratories of a South Staffordshire gas company, Sir Alfred Mond said, had found that some of the products of'the process of coal distillation possessed features which indicated “an exceptional value for antiseptic purposes.” After several years’ work with the aid of Professor I. M, Heilbron, of Liverpool University, the original crude product had been rendered suitable for the treatment of the human body. The new antiseptic, which had “the, unexpected characteristics of' being, for all practical purposes, almost non-poisonous arid non-irri-tant even to the most delicate membrane,” had been named Monsol.

Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Sloggett, who stated that he spoke on behalf, of a large group of medical men who had tested and had used the product, said the new antiseptic was “a great discovery and a remarkable drug.” Put on neat, even on the most delicate parts of the body, or even on the tongue, it does not burn, said Sir Arthur. Still more amazing, it can he injected into the circulating blood. It can ho applied to the skin, to the throat, it ean be swallowed and injected. In these four situations it is possible to attack three-quarters of the infective diseases we know. “I have the testimony of hundreds of doctors of its remarkable efficiency,” said Sir Arthur Sloggett. “It heals wounds much more quickly than hitherto. T only wish it had been available during the Great War.”