Argyrol
[ahr-juh-rawl, -rol]
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Before antibiotics, most newborn eyes were treated with an antiseptic, and Barnes pushed Argyrol as the cure of choice.
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Historical Examples
Among the different silver preparations on the market, protargol and argyrol are the best known.
Surgery, with Special Reference to PodiatryMaximilian Stern
The referee finds that, like Argyrol, it is nonirritant to the nasal mucosa in a 10 per cent.
About the same claims are made for the local use of Silvol as are generally made for Argyrol.
If the physician himself makes the applications of silver nitrate, the nurse should use some silver salt like argyrol.
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Argyrol
- trademark a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
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Argyrol
(är′jə-rôl′, -rōl′)- A trademark for a silver-protein compound used as a local antiseptic.
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