Bath, Chlo′′rine

Syn. Bal′neum chlorin′ii , B. chlorin a′tum , L. Tepid water to which a little chlorine has been added. Antiseptic, stimulant, and subsequently sedative and antiphlogistic; in itch, foul and gangrenous ulcers, chronic liver affections, . Chloride of lime is commonly substituted for chlorine. 2. (Magendie; Wallace.) Chlorine gas (obtained from salt, 1 1 ⁄ 2 oz. ; oil of vitriol and water, of each 1 oz. ; and black oxide of manganese, 1 ⁄ 2 oz. to 1 oz. ) diluted with air, at a temperature of 104° to 150° Fahr., and applied, by means of a suitable apparatus, for 10 minutes to 1 ⁄ 2 an hour; every po ible precaution being taken to prevent it being inhaled. In chronic liver affections, gradually and cautiously increasing the ingredients to three times the above quantity, and decreasing the dilution with air until the gas is used nearly pure. [112] [112] A dangerous remedy in carele or unskilful hands; and even with the experienced not always free from danger. The writer of this article once nearly lost his life from a single inspiration of the gas which accidentally escaped its proper limits. Terrific spasms of the glottis and a convulsive cough immediately came on, and lasted, with more or le severity, for nearly 14 hours.