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- noun chemistry An
aqueous solution ofarsenite ofpotassium , of such strength that one hundred parts represent one part of arsenious acid, or white arsenic.
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Named after an English chemist.
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From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fowler%27s_solution&oldid=765885803):
"Thomas Fowler of Stafford, England, proposed the solution in 1786 as a substitute for a patent medicine, "tasteless ague drop". From 1845, Fowler's solution was a leukemia treatment.
At 1905, inorganic arsenicals, like Fowler's solution, saw diminished use as attention turned to organic arsenicals, starting with Atoxyl. Still, into the late 1950s, Fowler's solution—also termed liquor potassii arenitis, Kali arsenicosum, or Kali arseniatum—was prescribed in the United States for a wide range of diseases, including malaria, chorea, and syphilis."
April 12, 2017