by John Henry Clarke — A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
Chlorinated Lime. CaOCl 2 . Hypochlorate of lime with Chloride of Calcium and a varying amount of Hydrate of Lime.
Boils / Carbuncles
This preparation has only been used as a local application, for boils and carbuncles chiefly, in the form of the Liquor Calcis Chloratæ of the British Pharmacopœia.
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Calcarea Chlorinata appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“[Chlorata must not be confounded with chlorica.] Calcium chloride, CaCl. Preparation , Solution of the freshly prepared substance, at first in water, afterward in alcohol. Authority. Cattell, B. J. of Hom., vol. 11, 168. Glandular swellings; faintness, anxiety, and weakness; trembling and giddiness; [glandular…”
