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
On August 13, 1878, I obtained letters patent for the exclusive right to use exsiccated ammonia alum in baking powders.
The margins of the wound were cleansed as heretofore described, a drainage was provided surgically, tincture of iodin was injected and the wound was covered with equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
Another false impression these zealous guardians of the public health have made is, that I used the exsiccated alum because it was cheap.
Equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum serve very well in such cases.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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.
