thymol

/thahy-mohl, -mawl/US // ˈθaɪ moʊl, -mɔl //UK // (ˈθaɪmɒl) //

百里酚,百里香醇,百里香酚,百里香

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Chemistry, Pharmacology.
- : a colorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C10H14O, having a pungent, aromatic taste and odor, obtained from the oil distilled from thyme or prepared synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, embalming, preserving biological specimens, and in medicine as a fungicide and antiseptic.

Thymol crystallizes in large colourless plates which melt at 44 and boil at 230.
Our return to thymol for intestinal parasites is interesting.
The cure of the disease is very easy; thymol is given, which weakens the hold of the worm, this being followed by Epsom salts.
A weak lotion of thymol, corrosive sublimate or ichthyol would doubtless be equally effectual.
A thymol or carbolized boric-acid lotion will relieve the irritation.