IODOFORM

īōˈdəfôrmˌ, CHI3, yellow crystalline solid that has a penetrating odor. It melts at 119 degrees Celsius and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether or ethanol. Iodoform was formerly used as an antiseptic. It is produced when a methyl ketone, acetaldehyde, or an alcohol with the formula RCHOHCH3 (where R is hydrogen or an alkyl or aryl group) is treated with sodium hydroxide and iodine.

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books on: Iodoform  - 117 results

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The Psychopathic God: Adolf Hitler
Book by Robert G. L. Waite; Da Capo Press, 1993
Subjects: Heads Of State--Germany--Biography, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Psychology
...wound, Dr. Bloch apparently applied iodoform, an iodine derivative. Although it is unlikely that the iodoform was either excessively painful or lethally...produced psychosis in Klara, and that iodoform, rather than cancer, was the actual...
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Hitler: Diagnosis of a Destructive Prophet
Book by Fritz Redlich; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Austria--Social Conditions, Heads Of State--Germany--Biography, Heads Of State--Germany--Psychology, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Mental Health, Hitler, Adolf--1889-1945--Psychology, National Socialism--Psychological Aspects
...psychogenic" cancer and received a lethal dose of iodoform from Dr. Bloch, who in addition charged his patient...wife and on rather odd calculations of how much iodoform powder and iodoform gauze were used in the treatment of Clara Hitlers...
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From Classical to Modern Chemistry: Some Historical Sketches
Book by A. J. Berry; 1954
Subjects: Chemistry--History
...simple molecular constitution such as iodoform should have a pronounced yellow colour...ventured the suggestion that the colour of iodoform might be identified with residual affinity...to this assumption. As the colour of iodoform persists in solution in many organic...
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Beasts, Men and Gods
Book by Ferdinand Ossendowski; E. P. Dutton & Company, 1922
Subjects: Communism--Soviet Union, Mongolia--Description And Travel
...medicines to be used on him, even the iodoform, in order to demonstrate that there...wound with iodine, sprinkled it with iodoform and applied the bandages. I ordered...medicated cotton, bandages and a little iodoform. To the patient, in whom the fever...
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Mao's Road to Power: Revolutionary Writings 1912-1949 - Vol. 4
Book by Stuart R. Schram, Nancy J. Hodes, Stephen C. Averill, Mao Tse-Tung; M.E. Sharpe, 1997
...treating wounds, such as iodine tablets, iodoform, 31 and alcohol, should be kept at...Dianfang is the common Chinese name for iodoform CHI 3 . It is not clear why Mao has placed...compound, but he is probably referring to iodoform, which was in common use as an antiseptic...
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journal articles on: Iodoform  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Emil Behring's Medical Culture: from Disinfection to Serotherapy
Journal article by Jonathan Simon; Medical History, Vol. 51, 2007
Subjects: Cadaverine, Disinfectants, Emil Behring, Hydrocarbons, Iodinated, iodoform
...leads us from his initial publications on iodoform-an innovative, if controversial disinfectantto...medical career on his first publications on iodoform. Next, I want to show how his early...illustrate my argument. Behring and Iodoform The first issue I will treat is, therefore...
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The Clinician, Germs and Infectious Diseases: the Example of Charles Bouchard in Paris
Journal article by Alain Contrepois; Medical History, Vol. 46, 2002
Subjects: Charles Bouchard
...antiseptics were tested: naphthalene, iodoform, salol, mercuric chloride, mercuric...alcohol, silver nitrate for the eyes, iodoform for wound dressings and suppurating surfaces...energetic" treatment was necessary: iodoform pills alone or associated with creosote...
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From the Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
Journal article by Rainer Maria Rilke, Burton Pike; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 28, 2008
Subjects: Existentialism--Excerpts, The Notebook of Malte Laurids Brigge (Novel)--Excerpts
...all sides. It smelled, as far as one could distinguish, of iodoform, of the grease of pommes frites, of fear. All cities smell...hurt. The child was sleeping, its mouth open, breathing iodoform, pommes frites, fear. Thats how it was. The main thing...
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Use of in Vitro HTS-Derived Concentration-Response Data as Biological Descriptors Improves the Accuracy of QSAR Models of in Vivo Toxicity
Journal article by Alexander Sedykh, Hao Zhu, Hao Tang, Llying Zhang, Ann Richard, Ivan Rusyn, Alexander Tropsha; Environmental Health Perspectives, Vol. 119, 2011
Subjects: Assaying--Methods, Hazardous substances--Health aspects, Toxicity--Research
...is the only representative of a certain mechanism of toxicity. These factors may help explain incorrect classification of iodoform and methyl isocyanate, which are small volatile molecules with inactive qHTS profiles but are known to be toxic in vivo...
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Sunlight Therapy and Solar Architecture
Journal article by R. A. Hobday; Medical History, Vol. 41, 1997
...An attempt to re-stitch the wound failed as the edges could not be brought together again. The wound was then packed with iodoform gauze and the edges drawn together as closely as possible with broad strips of plaster. It began to granulate slowly, but...


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magazine articles on: Iodoform  - 3 results

 
 
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I Found a Lost City - and an Angel, Too
Magazine article by Robert J. Hacker; Medical Economics, Vol. 73, February 26, 1996
Subjects: Peru, Professional responsibilities, Surgeons, Vacations
...out my emergency medical supplies, trying to ignore the voice in my head screaming, "What should I do?" I decided that iodoform and sponges were the best I had. Carefully, I pulled the tiny arm from under the blanket and went to work. As I washed the...
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When Little Men Become Big
Magazine article by Joseph H. Berke; History Today, Vol. 45, April 1995
Subjects: Hitler, Adolf--Psychology and mental health, Leadership--Social aspects, Social groups--Political aspects
...her day and night, while she was attended by a Jewish doctor named Bloch, who undertook an expensive, toxic treatment with iodoform, a liquid spray that burned through the skin like mustard gas. Ostensibly Hitler concurred with the treatment. Yet, it...
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Bulking Up
Magazine article by Michael F. Conlan; Drug Topics, Vol. 142, November 2, 1998
Subjects: Chemicals, Drugs, FDA approval, Ingredients, Interest groups, Lobbying, Pharmacists, United States
...furoate, dimercapoto-1propanesulfonic acid (DMPS), ferric subsulfate, ferric sulfate hydrate, glutamine, guaiacol, iodoform, myrrh gum tincture, phenindamine tartrate, phenyltoloxamine dihydrogen citrate, piracetam, silver protein mild, sodium...


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encyclopedia articles on: Iodoform  - 3 results

 
 
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Iodoform
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IODOFORM io d form , CHI 3 , yellow crystalline solid that has a penetrating odor...degrees Celsius and is insoluble in water but soluble in ether or ethanol. Iodoform was formerly used as an antiseptic. It is produced when a methyl ketone...
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Halogen
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...salt. They also form halocarbons, compounds with carbon and often other elements such as hydrogen and oxygen. Chloroform , iodoform , and carbon tetrachloride are halocarbons. Some other halogen compounds are calomel (mercurous chloride), fluorite , sal...
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Iodine
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...manganese dioxide and sulfuric acid sublimes the iodine. Iodine is important in medical treatment; tincture of iodine and iodoform are widely used. Iodine is employed in the preparation of certain drugs and in the manufacture of some dyes. Silver iodide...


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