ARGILLA PURA
\ɑːɡˈɪlə pjˈʊ͡əɹə], \ɑːɡˈɪlə pjˈʊəɹə], \ɑː_ɡ_ˈɪ_l_ə p_j_ˈʊə_ɹ_ə]\
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This substance, which is prepared by drying alum and exposing it, for twenty or twenty-five minutes, to a red heat, until the sulphuric acid is driven off, has been recommended in indigestion as antacid, as well as in vomiting and diarrhoea accompanied with acidity.
By Robley Dunglison
