Excerpt from University Medical Magazine, Vol. 7: Edited Under the Auspices of the Alumni and Faculty of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania; October, 1894, to September, 1895 Creosote. - Another article of the phenolic class that has long been used by the profession in the treatment of consumption is creosote, but not to the extent it has been since the introduction of Beechwood creosote. This was found to contain a larger amount of guaiacol, and this discovery led to the extensive use of guaiacol in tuberculosis then followed the experiments with the carbonate, iodate, benzoate, -mentioned hypodermically and by the stomach, but the results have not been universally satisfactory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.