exsiccate
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The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
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
The fresh root, wounded early in the spring, yields and odorous yellow juice, which slowly exsiccated proves an elegant gummy resin, very rich in the virtues of the Angelica.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
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
Another false impression these zealous guardians of the public health have made is, that I used the exsiccated alum because it was cheap.
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.
