SULPHUR, CHLORIDE OF
\sˈʌlfə], \sˈʌlfə], \s_ˈʌ_l_f_ə]\
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Is obtained by passing dry chlorine gas over washed and dried flowers of sulphur, until they are for the most part dissolved, and distilling the decanted fluid from the excess of dissolved sulphur. One drachm of the liquid to an ounce of lard has been used in lepra, psoriasis, and other chronic cutaneous diseases. Ten drops, dissolved in ether, have been given in adynamic fever.
By Robley Dunglison
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