bichloride of mercury
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of bichloride of mercury
First recorded in 1800–10
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Within the past few years the internal administration of bichloride of mercury has been resorted to more frequently and with greater success than ever before.
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After anointing, you had better wash your hands carefully in water in which a bichloride of mercury tablet has been dissolved—do not use soap and do not put the bichloride in a metal vessel.
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Second ditto, including Archer’s collodion process, bichloride of mercury bleaching and intensifying, and gutta-percha transfer process, 1856.
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If this fails, give one-twelfth of a grain of bichloride of mercury thrice daily.
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Be careful of the bichloride of mercury, because it is a poison.
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