ALGAROTH
\ˈalɡɐɹˌɒθ], \ˈalɡɐɹˌɒθ], \ˈa_l_ɡ_ɐ_ɹ_ˌɒ_θ]\
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A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
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A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
By Noah Webster.
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Oxyde d'Antimoine, so called from Victor Algarothi, a Veronese physician; separated from the terchloride of antimony by pouring the terchloride into a large quantity of water. When this, an oxychloride, is washed with abundance of water to separate the muriatic acid, and afterwards by a solution of alkali to remove the terchloride, the teroxide of antimony, Antimonii Oxidum of the Edinburgh Pharmacopoeia is left. It was formerly much used as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic.
By Robley Dunglison
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