Some surgeons recommend cyanid of mercury in solutions of 1: 1000 or 1:
2000 in place of the bichlorid of mercury. It is a powerful antiseptic
that does not coagulate albumin, irritate the tissues, or attack metals.
Mercury cyanid, gr. viiss (0.5 gm.);
Sodium borate, gr. xv (1 gm.).
These tablets are made to correspond to bichlorid tablets.
Compressed tablets, each containing 7½ grains (0.48 gm.) of corrosive
sublimate with tartaric acid, are also in common use. One of these
added to 1 pint of water makes a solution of 1: 1000.