bichloride of mercury
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of bichloride of mercury
First recorded in 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Copious dressings of weak bichloride of mercury solution will then promote healing.
From Time Magazine Archive
There is small excuse for having bichloride of mercury tablets around the house nowadays as an antiseptic.
From Time Magazine Archive
He bought some bichloride of mercury tablets for an antiseptic footwash.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasional cures are affected�in Hawaii, with Chaulmoogra oil; in the U. S. with injections of bichloride of mercury, with arsenic; X-ray treatment affects temporary relief.
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Take bichloride of mercury, one ounce; lard, one pound; suet, one pound; hydrochloride acid, one and a half ounces.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Burroughs, Barkham
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