Cresatin was still listed for medical and veterinary use in the Sixth
Edition of the Merck Index (1952) as an antiseptic and analgesic for use in
the ear, nose, and throat.  The U.S. patent date for the product was given
as 1,031,971 (1912).
Allen Vegotsky
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From: LOCKHART BILL <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, April 09, 2001 4:45 PM
Subject: Ice & Medicine


        Can anyone recommend any good books/articles on icemaking and
refrigeration?

        Also, I have a drug store bottle that lists the medicine inside as
Cresatin.  I suspect that the word is Spanish (the bottle was used
by the Farmacia Rio Grande in El Paso), and I have checked with local
Hispanic healers and pharmacists in general.  No one has ever heard
of Cresatin.  Any ideas?

Thanks,

Bill
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Bill Lockhart
New Mexico State University
Alamogordo, NM
(505) 439-3732