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Historical Note

This is a simulation of how the reaction of iodine with a-pinene was used as a form of antisepsis.

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File: MOVIES/RINGSTR/IODINEB.MOV

Voiceover
In the past, as a form of antisepsis, veterinarians used the reaction of iodine with turpentine (which is 60% a-pinene) to force iodine into the deep wounds of large animals.

Discussion
The use of this reaction in disinfecting a wound on a horse's hoof was related by James Herriot in his book "All Creatures Great and Small."


Design and Demonstration:  
  George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
Video:  
  Jerrold J. Jacobsen University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
Text:  
  George Gilbert Denison University, Granville, OH 43023
  Kelly Houston Jetzer University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI 53706
  David Phillips Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933
  Frank W. Darrow Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY 14850