BRICKS
\bɹˈɪks], \bɹˈɪks], \b_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_s]\
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Were formerly bruised in vinegar, and the liquid was used as a specific in cutaneous affections. They entered, also, into a cerate used for scrofulous humours, &c. To the Terra Forna'cum, or Brick earth, the same virtues were assigned.
By Robley Dunglison
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.