exsiccate
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A useful dusting-powder is one consisting of calamine and 5 per cent. salicylic acid; the exsiccated sulphate of iron, in the form of a powder, may be employed in cases which resist this treatment.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson
The use of exsiccated ammonia alum has been declared unhealthful by the advocates of other baking powders, and every manufacturer using it has been held up for public reprobation.
Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum constitute a suitable combination for the treatment of these cases, and this powder should be liberally employed.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
On August 13, 1878, I obtained letters patent for the exclusive right to use exsiccated ammonia alum in baking powders.
With this simple introduction I now avow myself the originator and patentee of exsiccated ammonia alum baking powder.
After more than a thousand experiments covering a period of six months, I discovered by exsiccating ammonia alum I provided an article that would possess the necessary qualities.
