| abstract |
A wound-healing preparation comprises a solution or paste of a non-reducing sugar and iodine Tincture in a vehicle consisting of glycerol and/or polyethylene glycol and, optionally, water. Preferably, the sugar is sucrose, especially that obtained from sugar beet, and is of icing sugar grade particle size. The preferred vehicle is substantially anhydrous glycerol. In one preferred embodiment, the preparation is in the form of an infusible solution and is particularly useful in the treatment of bovine mastitis. In another embodiment, surgical sutures are treated by coating with the preparation to prevent the presence of abscesses around surgical suture lines. |