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Table 1: Details the efficacy of various antiseptics against a variety of pathogenic microorganisms and their ineffectiveness against others.34 |
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Antiseptic |
Effective against |
Not effective against |
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Sulfurous acid |
Chick cholera microbe |
— |
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Zinc |
Pyogenic microbus |
— |
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Silver salt |
Aspergillus |
— |
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Copper |
Mildew fungus |
— |
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Cal |
— |
Koch’s microbe, carbonaceous bacterial spores |
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Sulfurous acid |
— |
Koch’s microbe |
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Hydrochloric |
— |
Koch’s microbe |
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Carbolic acid |
Practically all bacteria |
Spores, Eberth’s bacillus |
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Iodoform |
Bacillus virgula choleretic (slow) |
— |
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Garlic oil |
Cholera |
— |
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Mustard |
Cholera |
— |