LYSOL

a disinfectant containing th higher phenols, prepared from a portio of the middle-oil fraction obtained i the distillation of coal-tar. ‘When th liquid portion of the creosote oil fractio is redistilled, naphthalene pa es ove and the residue, which forms about 609 of the total, is an oily fluid contain in approximately 30% phenols. By boil in this mixture with alkali, the disinfectar is obtained. Lysol consists of a mixtu of alkali compounds of the higher pheno with fat and resin soaps. As sold, it: a@ brown, oily liquid, having an odor « creosote, and a specific gravity of 1.0: It is poisonous, but le so than carbol: acid. It di olves or mixes r y i water, alcohol, ether; chloroform and benzol, and for washing wounds or simflar antiseptic purposes it is always _¥sed in a highly diluted form. geaport town, on inlet of Port Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand; fine artificial - barb or; extensive export trade.