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Picric acid is a crystalline bitter product extracted from coal - tar, and forming, in combination with potash, a yellow salt known as picrate of potash.
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Picric acid (Gruebler), 1 per cent. aqueous solution 6.5 c.c. 5.
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CANCER OF THE WOMB: Make a solution and use in douches: Picric acid, two one-half dram; water one and one-half pint; the patient must lie flat on back while fluid runs up into the vagina, hips must be raised; retain the fluid as long as possible.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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Picric acid is used as a saturated solution in distilled water, and the specimen may remain for about the same length of time as in the chromic acid.
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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Picric acid, saturated aqueous solution 40 c.c. Hydrochloric acid 1 c.c. Alcohol (90 per cent.) 160 c.c. 4.
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Picric acid 1½ drams, absolute alcohol 3 oz., and distilled water
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Picric acid, the nature of which we have several times previously mentioned, and which explodes at 600° F. (only 28° above gunpowder), may also be an element in such explosions during fires.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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Picric acid, 1 per cent. aqueous solution 20 c.c. 10.
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Picric acid, now much employed by manufacturers and dyers for obtaining
Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various
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Alcohol, absolute 20 c.c. Picric acid, saturated aqueous solution 10 c.c. Distilled water 10 c.c. During the progress of steps 1-5 the preparation must be repeatedly examined microscopically with the 1/6-inch objective.
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