Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
La·bar·raque's solution Pronunciation:
"la-b&-'raks- Function:
noun : JAVELLE WATER Labarraque, Antoine–Germain (1777–1850), French chemist and pharmacist. Labarraque was a pharmacist who served in the Frencharmy. He did much to improve the sanitary conditions in hospitals and army barracks and is remembered for his outstanding services during a cholera epidemic in 1832. In 1825 he introduced a solution ofchlorinated soda for use as a disinfectant; it is sometimes known as Labarraque's solution.
