1919

Development of Mercurochrome by Young and staff as local antiseptic often superior to iodine because it does not injure tissue cells, which dead cells “produced an excellent pabulum for the growth of bacteria” (H. Young, 254-262). Successful use of intravenous Mercurochrome to combat septicemia (257ff.). Young’s “beloved Mercurochrome,” which he had injected into his trachea for chronic bronchitis or bronchiectasis (Crowe, 125-126).