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MARSH'S TEST

\mˈɑːʃɪz tˈɛst], \mˈɑːʃɪz tˈɛst], \m_ˈɑː_ʃ_ɪ_z t_ˈɛ_s_t]\

Definitions of MARSH'S TEST

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A test for the presence of arsenic.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A very sensitive test for arsenic or antimony with the aid of the specially constructed Marsh apparatus. The arsenic and antimony compounds are converted into arsin and stibine which are easily detected by certain chemical tests.
See Marsh.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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