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Synonym.—Salicylic Lint.

Related entry: Salicylic Acid

Salicylic acid lint is prepared by treating absorbent lint with a solution of salicylic acid in ether so that the finished product contains about 4 per cent. of the medicament (see Gossypium Acidi Salicylici).

The British Pharmaceutical Codex, 1911, was published by direction of the Council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.