CARBO  , the name of a

Roman plebeian family of the gens Papiria . The following are the most important members in Roman history: r . GAIUS PAPIRIUS CARBO, statesman and orator . He was associated with C . Gracchus in carrying out the provisions of the agrarian law of Tiberius Gracchus (see GRACCHUS) . When tribune of the people (131 B.C.) he carried a law extending voting by ballot to the enactment and repeal of laws; another proposal, that the tribunes should be allowed to become candidates for the same office in the year immediately following, was defeated by the younger Scipio Africanus . Carbo was suspected of having been concerned in the sudden death of Scipio (129), if not his actual murderer . He subsequently went over to the optimates, and (when consul in 120) successfully defended Lucius Opimius, the murderer of Gaius Gracchus, when he was impeached for the murder of citizens without a trial, and even went so far as to say that Gracchus had been justly slain . But the optimates did not trust Carbo . He was impeached by Licinius Crassus on a similar charge, and, feeling that he had nothing to hope for from the optimates and that his condemnation was certain, he committed suicide . See Livy, Epit . 59; Appian, Bell .

Civ. i . 18;

Veil . Pat. ii . 4; Val . Max. iii . 7 . 6; A . H . J . Greenidge, History of Rome (1904) . 2 . His son, GA1us PAPIRIUS CARBO, surnamed Arvina, was a staunch supporter of the aristocracy, and was put to death by the Marian party in 82 .

He is known chiefly for the law (Plautia Papiria) carried by him and M . Plautius

Silvanus when tribunes of the people in 90 (or 89), whereby the Roman franchise was offered to every Italian ally domiciled in Italy at the time when the law was enacted, provided he made application personally within sixty days to the praetor at Rome (see ROME: History, II . " The Republic," Period C.) . The object of the law was to conciliate the states at war with Rome and to secure the loyalty of the federate states . Like his father, Carbo was an orator of distinction . See Cicero, Pro Archia, 4; Veil . Pat. ii . 26; Appian, Bell . Civ. i . 88 . When phenol is passed through a red-hot tube a complex decomposition takes place, resulting in the formation of benzene, toluene, naphthalene, &c . (J .

G . Kramers,

Ann., 1877, 189, p . 129) . Chromium oxychloride reacts violently on phenol, producing hydroquinone ether, O(C6H4OH)2; chromic acid gives phenoquinone, and potas- sium permanganate gives paradiphenol, oxalic acid, and some salicylic acid (R . Henriques, Ber., 1888, 21, p . 1620) . In alkaline solution, potassium permanganate oxidizes it to inactive tartaric acid and carbon dioxide (0 . Doebner, Ber., 1891, 24, p . 1755) . When distilled over lead oxide, it forms diphenylene oxide, (C6H4)2O : and when heated with oxalic acid and concentrated sulphuric acid, it forms aurin, C19H,403 . It condenses with aceto-acetic ester, in the presence of sulphuric acid, to 13-methyl coumarin (H. v . Pechmann and J .

B .

Cohen, Bee.; 1884, 17, p . 2188) . The hydrogen of the hydroxyl group in phenol can be replaced by metals, by alkyl groups and by acid radicals . The metallic derivatives (phenolates, phenates or carbolates) of the alkali metals are obtained by dissolving phenol in a solution of a caustic alkali, in the absence of air . Potassium phenolate, C6H5OK, crystallizes in fine needles, is very hygroscopic and oxidizes rapidly on exposure . Other phenolates may be obtained from potassium phenolate by precipitation . The alkyl derivatives may be obtained by heating phenol with one molecular proportion of a caustic alkali and of an alkyl iodide . They are compounds which greatly resemble the mixed ethers of the aliphatic series . They are not decomposed by boiling alkalis, but on heating with hydriodic acid they split into their components . Anisol, phenyl methyl ether, C6H5.O•CH,, is prepared either by the above method or by the action of diazomethane on phenol, C6HSOH+CH,N2=N2+C6H5.O•CH3 (H. v . Pechmann, Ber., 1895, 28, p .

857) ; by distilling anisic acid (paramethoxy benzoic acid) with baryta or by boiling phenyl diazonium chloride with methyl

alcohol . It is a colourless pleasant-smelling liquid which boils at 154.3° C . Phenetol, phenyl ethyl ether, C6H5.O•C2H5, a liquid boiling at 172° C., may be obtained by similar methods . A . Hantzsch (Ber., 1901, 34, p . 3337) has shown that in the action of alcohols on diazonium salts an increase in the molecular weight of the alcohol and an accumulation of negative groups in the aromatic nucleus lead to a diminution in the yield of the ether produced and to the production of a secondary reaction, resulting in the formation of a certain amount of an aromatic hydrocarbon . The acid esters of phenol are best obtained by the action of acid chlorides or anhydrides on phenol or its sodium or potassium salt, or by digesting phenol with an acid in the presence of phosphorus oxychloride (F . Rasinski, Jour. f. peak . Chem., 1882 [2], 26, p . 62) . Phenyl acetate, C6H5.O•COCH3, a colourless liquid of boiling point 193° C., may be prepared by heating phenol with acetamide . When heated with aniline it yields phenol and acetanilide .

Phenyl benzoate, C6H5.0•COC6H5, prepared from phenol and benzoyl chloride, crystallizes in

monoclinic prisms, which melt at 68-69° C. and boil at 314° C . Phenol is characterized by the readiness with which it forms substitution products; chlorine and bromine, for example, react readily with phenol, forming ortho- and para- chlor- and -bromphenol, and, by further action, trichlor- and tribrom-phenol. lodphenol is obtained by the action of iodine and iodic acid on phenol dissolved in a dilute solution of caustic potash . Nitro-phenols are readily obtained by the action of nitric acid on phenol . By the action of dilute nitric acid, ortho- and para-nitrophenols are obtained, the ortho-compound being separated from the para-compound-by distillation in a current of steam . Ortho-nitrophenol, C6H4.0H.NO2(1.2), crystallizes in yellow needles which melt at 45° C. and boil at 214°C . Para-nitrophenol, C6H4.OH.NO2(1.4), crystallizes in long colourless needles which melt at 114°C . Meta-nitrophenol,C6H4.OH.NO2•(1.3), is prepared from meta-nitraniline by diazotizing the base and boiling the resulting diazonium salt with water . By nitrating phenol with concentrated nitric acid, no care being taken to keep the temperature of reaction down, trinitrophenol (picric acid) is obtained (see PICRIC AcID) . By the reduction of nitro-phenols, the corresponding aminophenols are obtained, and of these, the meta- and para-derivatives are the most important . Para-aminophenol, C6H4.OH.NH2(1.4) melts at 148° C., with decomposition . Its most important derivative is phenacetin . Meta-aminophenol, C6H4.OH•NH2(1.3),and dimethyl meta-aminophenol, C6 H 4.OH .

N (CH 3)2 (1.3) , are extensively employed in the manufacture of the important dyestuffs known as the rhodamines . The aminophenols also find application as developers in

photography, the more important of these developers being amidol, the hydrochloride of diaminophenol, ortol, the hydrochloride of Para-methylaminophenol,C6H4.0H•NHCH,•HCI(1.4), rodinal, paraaminophenol, and metol, the sulphate of a methylaminophenol sulphonic acid . Meta-aminophenol is prepared by reducing metanitrophenol, or by heating resorcin with ammonium chloride and ammonia to 200° C . Dimethyl-meta-aminophenol is prepared by heating meta-aminophenol with methyl alcohol and hydrochloric acid in an autoclave; by sulphonation of dimethylaniline, the sulphonic acid formed being finally fused with potash; or by nitrating dimethylaniline, in the presence of sulphuric acid at 0° C . In the latter case a mixture of nitro-compounds is obtained which can be separated by the addition of sodium carbonate . The meta-nitrocompound, which is precipitated last, is then reduced, and the amino group so formed is replaced by the hydroxyl group by means of the Sandmeyer reaction . Dimethyl-meta-aminophenol crystallizes in small prisms which melt at 87° C . It condenses with phthalic anhydride to form rhodamine, and with succinic anhydride to rhodamine S . Phenol dissolves readily in concentrated sulphuric acid, a mixture of phenol-ortho- and -para-sulphonic acids being formed . These acids may be separated by conversion into their potassium salts, which are then fractionally crystallized, the potassium salt of the para-acid separating first . The ortho-acid, in the form of its aqueous solution, is sometimes used as an antiseptic, under the name ofaseptol . A thiophenol, C6H5SH, is known, and is prepared by the action of phosphorus pentasulphide on phenol, or by distilling a mixture of sodium benzene sulphonate and potassium sulphydrate .

It is a colourless liquid, which possesses a very disagreeable

smell, and boils at 168° C . Various methods have been devised for the quantitative determination of phenol . J . Messinger and G . Vortmann (Bee., 1890, e3, p . 2753) dissolve phenol in caustic alkali, make the solution u•_, to known volume, take an aliquot part, warm it to 6o° C., and add decinormal iodine solution until the liquid is of a deep yellow colour . The mixture is then cooled, acidified by means of sulphuric acid, and titrated with decinormal sodium thiosulphate solution . S . B . Schryver (Jour. of Soc . Chem . Industry, 1899, 18, p .

553) adds excess of sodamide to a solution of the phenol in a suitable solvent, absorbs the liberated ammonia in an excess of acid, and titrates the excess of acid . See also C . E .

Smith, Amer . Jour . Pharm., 1898, 369 . Pharmacology and Therapeutics.—Carbolic acid is an efficient parasiticide, and is largely used in destroying the fungus of ringworm and of the skin disease known as pilyriasis versicolor . When a solution of the strength of about 1 in 20 is applied to the skin it produces a local anaesthesia which lasts for many hours . If concentrated, however, it acts as a caustic . It never produces vesication . The drug is absorbed through the unbroken skin—a very valuable property in the treatment of such conditions as an incipient whitlow . A piece of cotton wool soaked in strong carbolic acid will relieve the pain of dental caries, but is useless in other forms of toothache .

Taken internally, in doses of from one to three grains, carbolic acid will often relieve obstinate cases of vomiting and has some value as a gastric antiseptic .

Toxicology.—Carbolic acid is distinguished from all other acids so-called--except oxalic acid and hydrocyanic acid—in that it is a neurotic poison, having a marked action directly upon the nervous system . In all cases of carbolic acid poisoning the nervous influence is seen . If it be absorbed from a surgical dressing there are no irritant symptoms, but when the acid is swallowed in concentrated form, symptoms of gastro-intestinal irritation occur . The patient becomes collapsed, and the skin is cold and clammy . The breathing becomes shallow, the drug killing, like nearly all neurotic poisons (alcohol, morphia, prussic acid, &c.), by paralysis of the respiratory centre, and the patient dying in a state of coma . The condition of the urine is of the utmost importance, as it is often a clue to the diagnosis, and in surgical cases may be the first warning that absorption is occur-ring to an undue degree . The urine becomes dark green in colour owing to the formation of various oxidation products such as pyrocatechin . Fifteen grains constitute an exceedingly dangerous dose for an adult male of average weight . Other symptoms of undue absorption are vertigo, deafness, sounds in the ears, stupefaction, a subnormal temperature, nausea, vomiting and a weak pulse (Sir Thomas Fraser) . The antidote in cases of carbolic acid poisoning is any soluble sulphate . Carbolic acid and sulphates combine in the blood to form sulpho-carbolates, which are innocuous .

The symptoms of

nerve-poisoning are due to the carbolic acid (or its salts) which circulate in the blood after all the sulphates in the blood have been used up in the formation of sulpho-carbolates (hence, during administration of carbolic acid, the urine should frequently be tested for the presence of free sulphates; as long as these occur in the urine, they are present in the blood and there is no danger) . The treatment is therefore to administer an ounce of sodium sulphate in water by the mouth, or to inject a similar quantity of the salt in solution directly into a vein or into the subcutaneous tissues . Magnesium sulphate may be given by the mouth, but is poisonous if injected intravenously . If the acid has been swallowed, wash out the stomach and give chalk, the carbolate of calcium being insoluble . Alkalis which form soluble carbolates are useless . Give ether and brandy sub-cutaneously and apply hot water-bottles and blankets if there are signs of collapse .