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{{Short description|Russian balsamic liniment}} |
{{Short description|Russian balsamic liniment}} |
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[[File:Мазь Вишневского (на листе бумаги).jpg|thumb|192px|Vishnevsky liniment on paper]] |
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[[File:Линимент бальзамический (по Вишневскому) 2.jpg|thumb|Vishnevsky liniment in a package]] |
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'''Vishnevsky liniment''' or '''balsamic liniment''' ({{ |
'''Vishnevsky liniment''' or '''balsamic liniment''' ({{Langx|ru|мазь Вишневского}}, {{Langx|la|Linimentum balsamicum Wishnevsky}}) is a [[topical medication]] which has been used to treat [[Wound|wounds]], [[Burn|burns]], [[skin ulcers]] and [[Suppuration|suppurations]]. Developed by [[Russia|Russian]] [[surgeon]] [[Alexander Vasilyevich Vishnevsky|Alexander Vishnevsky]] in 1927, the [[liniment]] contains [[birch tar]], [[xeroform]]ium ([[bismuth]] tribromophenolate) and [[castor oil]] which have been broadly used as a topical medication in the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref name="bmj">{{cite journal |title=Vishnevsky liniment and ichthammol: on the perspectives of application in military medicine and other fields |journal=[[The BMJ]]|volume=318 |issue=7198 |pages=1600–1604 |doi=10.1136/bmj.318.7198.1600|pmid=10364122 |pmc=1115970 | date=12 June 1999|last1=Charman |first1=C. }}</ref> |
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Vishnevsky liniment was broadly used in the Soviet army during World War II.<ref name="bmj"/> It was later shown that a prolonged application of Vishnevsky liniment for chronic skin ulcers, wounds or burns can be associated with higher risk of skin cancer, hematologic or other malignancy.<ref name="bmj"/> |
Vishnevsky liniment was broadly used in the [[Soviet Army|Soviet army]] during [[World War II]].<ref name="bmj"/> It was later shown that a prolonged application of Vishnevsky liniment for chronic skin ulcers, wounds or burns can be associated with higher risk of [[skin cancer]], [[Hematologic disease|hematologic]] or other malignancy.<ref name="bmj"/> |
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* [[List of Russian drugs]] |
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Vishnevsky liniment or balsamic liniment (Russian: мазь Вишневского, Latin: Linimentum balsamicum Wishnevsky) is a topical medication which has been used to treat wounds, burns, skin ulcers and suppurations. Developed by Russian surgeon Alexander Vishnevsky in 1927, the liniment contains birch tar, xeroformium (bismuth tribromophenolate) and castor oil which have been broadly used as a topical medication in the former Soviet Union.[1]
Vishnevsky liniment was broadly used in the Soviet army during World War II.[1] It was later shown that a prolonged application of Vishnevsky liniment for chronic skin ulcers, wounds or burns can be associated with higher risk of skin cancer, hematologic or other malignancy.[1]
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