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The Applications, Other Uses sentence "...and it was removed from over-the-counter sedative products like Bromo-Seltzer, in 1975" should be changed to "... and sodium bromide was removed from..." because Bromo-Seltzer never had elemental bromine.71.230.16.111 (talk) 06:42, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done SSSB (talk) 11:32, 4 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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By 1864, a 25% solution of liquid bromine in .75 molar aqueous potassium bromide^[1] was widely used^[2] to treat gangrene during the American Civil War, before the publications of Lister and Pasteur.^[3] 71.230.16.111 (talk) 11:21, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

If that's the case it might be more suited to add to potassium bromide. Recon rabbit 12:13, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The active ingredient was bromine; the KBr solution simply provided solubility in water, more suitable for internal surgical use than alcohol. Ref. 1 also mentions that in 1868 "Mr. Marshall and Mr. Southam used a solution of 1 scruple of bromine in 1 oz. of spirit for unhealthy wounds, and found it useful, but very painful"

The point is that in 1864 it was established as a drug.71.230.16.111 (talk) 23:04, 2 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Maproom (talk) 18:09, 3 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Hospital Gangrene - Erysipelas. Bromine (Bromum) Treatment". The formula commonly employed was: "bromine, 1 oz.; bromide of potassium, 160 gr.; water, 4 oz."
^ "Hospital Gangrene in the Civil War".
^ Manring, M. M.; Hawk, Alan; Calhoun, Jason H.; Anderson, Romney C. "Treatment of War Wounds: A Historical Review". In 1863, the Union medical officer Middleton Goldsmith (1818–1887), stationed in Louisville, KY, reported the results of a treatment protocol that called for débridement of all necrotic tissue and application of a mixture of bromine, bromide of potassium, and water applied to dressings.

[1] "Hospital Gangrene - Erysipelas. Bromine (Bromum) Treatment". The formula commonly employed was: "bromine, 1 oz.; bromide of potassium, 160 gr.; water, 4 oz."

[2] "Hospital Gangrene in the Civil War".

[3] Manring, M. M.; Hawk, Alan; Calhoun, Jason H.; Anderson, Romney C. "Treatment of War Wounds: A Historical Review". In 1863, the Union medical officer Middleton Goldsmith (1818–1887), stationed in Louisville, KY, reported the results of a treatment protocol that called for débridement of all necrotic tissue and application of a mixture of bromine, bromide of potassium, and water applied to dressings.

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