corrosive sublimate

American  

noun

1. Chemistry Now Rare. mercuric chloride.

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corrosive sublimate British  

noun

1. another name for mercuric chloride

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Etymology

Origin of corrosive sublimate

First recorded in 1700–10

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corrosive sublimate

With a pen dipped in corrosive sublimate, Sorel uncovers the Presidents from Harry Truman as a Keystone Kop to Jimmy Carter in the throes of a scatological tantrum.

From Time Magazine Archive

The holy ashes were found to contain corrosive sublimate, and the magician got eighteen months’ rigorous imprisonment.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar

There seems to be no question as to the superior effectiveness of corrosive sublimate as a germicide.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

He advised me to use, as a wash to the irritated and irritable surface, a weak solution of corrosive sublimate.

From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

It is to be hoped the claim that corrosive sublimate is an efficient antiseptic in the proportion of 1:10,000 may prove well founded.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various