Surgical spirit

Surgical Spirit B.P.) is a mixture of castor oil 2.5 ml, diethyl phthalate 2 ml, and methyl salicylate 0.5 ml, diluted to 100 ml with industrial methylated spirit. 

Synonyms industrial methylated spirit surgical spirit. Comments denatured alcohol is alcohol intended for external use only. It has been rendered unfit for human consumption by the addition of a denaturing agent such as methanol or methyl isobutyl ketone. 

Surgical Spirit, B.P.C. Consists of industrial methylated spirit to which has been added 2-5 per cent of castor oil, 0 5 per cent of methyl salicylate and 2 0 per cent of ethyl phthalate. 

CH3)2CH0H 2-Propanol /so-Propanol, IPA 82.5 Rubbing alcohol or surgical spirit is a 70 % solution in water, used to cool skin and disinfect. Used in deicing fluids. A slurry with solid COj is used as a cooling bath for a temperature of-78 °C. Miscible with water... 

Hofmann has now clearly moved into demonic possession country With the dissolution of his will, his essential self has been split and a part of him replaced by an external agent, the demonic drug—shades of the devil that was thought to corrupt us by temptation shades of the succu-bus that seduced men shades of the incubus that seduced women in their sleep and shades of the alien invaders that spirit some modern men and women away to other planets for bizarre rituals or unwelcome surgical interventions without their bed partners even noticing their absence. Indeed, Hofmann himself believed that he was outside his body as he reached the climax of his psychosis. This is dissociation with a vengeance ... 

There is little debate that persistent post-operative pain is an important phenomenon for us to consider and better understand. As in many areas of science and medicine, there is much to he learned from identifying those at risk to provide treatment to minimize the personal, healthcare, and psychological burdens. While disagreement exists as to description, quantification, differentiation, and management of these patients, it is this spirit that propels us forward to produce more research in this area from the bench (pathways, genetics) to the bedside (pre- and post-operative and less disruptive surgical procedures). 

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