Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A basic nitrate, capable of saturating more nitric acid, thus forming a normal nitrate.
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- noun inorganic chemistry A mixed
hydroxide andnitrate
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Examples
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After the bowels have moved from the castor oil, then bismuth subnitrate, which has been dissolved in two ounces of water, should be given -- one or two teaspoons every three hours.
The Mother and Her Child William S. Sadler
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Diarrhea -- if there are more than four discharges daily -- may be checked by one-quarter level teaspoonful doses of bismuth subnitrate, or teaspoonful doses of paregoric, once in three hours.
The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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The subnitrate of bismuth will be found much better than any ordinary talcum or toilet powder, many of which do not make good dressing powders.
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It is advisable in most cases to follow this with the following mixture: bicarbonate of soda one ounce, bismuth subnitrate one-half ounce, and salol one-quarter ounce.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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The powder to use should be plain subnitrate of bismuth.
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A suppository of the following composition is good: powdered nutgalls, 3 grains; oil of cade, 3 drops; resorcin, 1 grain; bismuth subnitrate, 5 grains; cocoa butter,
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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BiONO_ {3}, is largely used in medicine under the name of subnitrate of bismuth.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Bismuth 253 basic salts 255 chloride 253 nitrate 253 occurrence 253 oxides 254 preparation 253 salts, hydrolysis of 254 subnitrate 256 uses 253
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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For the intolerable itching sometimes present in hemorrhoids the following ointment will be found very grateful: menthol, 5 grains; calomel, 10 grains; bismuth subnitrate, 30 grains; resorcin, 10 grains; oil of cade, 15 grains; cold cream, one ounce.
Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson
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The following formula is quite useful in checking diarrhoea: salol one-half ounce, bismuth subnitrate one ounce, and bicarbonate of soda two ounces.
Common Diseases of Farm Animals R. A. Craig
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