Thanks Peter,
Their are a few sane and gentle people left on this site. So Glad!
It shouldn't matter but Dr. Jenner was Dr. Lugol's partner, they were not MD's
but were both Dr. of Science , and working very hard on a solution that would
sterilize their equipment after testing for a cure for several contagious
ailments.
MY Point is Dr. Jenner was my mothers Grate Grandfather, & we used Lugol's 5 %
Iodine Solution, all my life and still do and I am a few months from 70 yrs
old. My mother never met Dr. Jenner but My mother's Dad knew him & talked a
lot about the German & The Frenchman working night and day together trying to
solve that days health problems. (They most likely did not Paten or Register
the name Lugol's ?)Tel Tofflemire
Dewey, AZ.
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From: Peter Converse <pconve...@primus.ca>
To: Alan Jones <alanmjo...@gmail.com>; silver-list@eskimo.com
Sent: Sat, March 27, 2010 1:23:44 PM
Subject: Re: CS>RE: LUGO'L 5 % IODINE
Hi Folks,
I agree with Tel Tofflemire.
It is my understanding that J. G. A. Lugol, the guy
who originally came up with the formula, made it in a 5% solution, as mentioned
below from Wikipedia. That being so, it makes sense that "Lugol's Solution", as
he made it, is only a 5% solution. If anyone else wants to make an
iodine/iodide
solution using different amounts of its constituents that too should have
benefits but could not be rightly called "Lugol's Solution" because he (Lugol)
didn't make it that way...make sense?? Calling it a 2% iodine/iodide
solution, for example, would be fine, in my opinion, FWIW.
Peter
Lugol's iodine, also known as Lugol's solution, first made in
1829, is a solution of elemental iodine and potassium iodide in
water, named after the French physician J.G.A.
Lugol. Lugol's iodine solution is often used as an antiseptic and disinfectant,
for emergency
disinfection of drinking water, and as a reagent for starch detection in
routine
laboratory and medical tests .
It has been used more rarely to replenish iodine deficiency. [1] However, pure
potassium iodide,
containing the relatively benign iodide ion without the more toxic elemental
iodine, is
preferred for this purpose.
Formula and
manufacture
Lugol's solution consists of 5 g iodine (I2) and 10 g potassium iodide (KI)
mixed with 85 ml distilled water, to
make a brown solution with a total iodine content of 150 mg/mL. Potassium
iodide renders the elementary iodine soluble in water through the
formation of the triiodide (I3−) ion. It is not to be confused with tincture of
iodine solutions, which consist of elemental iodine, and iodide salts dissolved
in
water and alcohol. Lugol's solution contains no alcohol.
Other names for Lugol's solution are I2KI (Iodine-Potassium
Iodide); Markodine, Strong solution (Systemic); Aqueous Iodine Solution BCP.
Formula and
manufacture
Lugol's solution consists of 5 g iodine (I2) and 10 g potassium iodide (KI)
mixed with 85 ml distilled water, to
make a brown solution with a total iodine content of 150 mg/mL. Potassium
iodide renders the elementary iodine soluble in water through the
formation of the triiodide (I3−) ion. It is not to be confused with tincture of
iodine solutions, which consist of elemental iodine, and iodide salts dissolved
in
water and alcohol. Lugol's solution contains no alcohol.
Other names for Lugol's solution are I2KI (Iodine-Potassium
Iodide); Markodine, Strong solution (Systemic); Aqueous Iodine Solution
BCP.
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