And I believe that when corrosive sublimate is slow in taking hold, alternate dressings of peroxide of hydrogen are just the thing. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 15] Reference
By Joerg Colberg on January 28, 2004 5: 36 PM sublimate is one of those weblogs that I should have linked to a long time ago. coincidences. From Wordnik.com. [Conscientious: Weblogs: January 2004 Archives] Reference
There is a more mundane derivative noted by Merriam-Webster: sublimate, which is the transition directly from solid to gas. From Wordnik.com. [ history] Reference
Calomel is often given as a medicine, but not so with corrosive sublimate, which is usually employed in the arts as a poison. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883] Reference
Bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate), 1 grain. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Take of sublimate of mercury, 5 grains; spirits of wine, 2 oz. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
Corrosive sublimate, saturated aqueous solution, for five minutes. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
Corrosive sublimate, 0.5 oz. Camphor, 1 oz. Spirits of wine, 1 pint. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The chloride is very poisonous, and is known as corrosive sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: The Tribesmen] Reference
Now that they're out of their force field, they'll start to sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [Millennium] Reference
Carbolized, borated, and corrosive-sublimate gauze have little special value. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI)] Reference
Arsenic, 6 oz. Camphor, 1 oz. Corrosive sublimate, 3 oz. Spirits of wine, 0.5 pint. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
You are aware that corrosive sublimate is the most fatal poison to insects that is known. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Flush over the work bench and adjacent floor with 1: 1000 solution of corrosive sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged.] Reference
What's surprising is that she didn't sublimate her own ego or her work for her husband's career. From Wordnik.com. [The Purpose-Driven Wife] Reference
Haberlandt then "poisoned" the plant, by sprinkling it with a 0.1 per cent sublimate solution of alcohol. From Wordnik.com. [At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers] Reference
Saltpetre, 4 oz. Corrosive sublimate, 0.25 oz. Alum, 2 oz. Sal ammoniac, 0.125 oz. Boiling water, half gallon. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
The sublimate will not injure the skin, and nothing can detach it from the part where the alcohol has left it. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
You can sublimate that need, but to experience it directly with someone else is the fullest expression of life. From Wordnik.com. [Laura Day: New Rules for Love Over 50] Reference
Proof spirit, one pint; camphor, two ounces; oil of turpentine, four ounces; corrosive sublimate, one ounce. From Wordnik.com. [The Handy Cyclopedia of Things Worth Knowing A Manual of Ready Reference] Reference
The alcohol has introduced the sublimate into every part and pore of the skin, quite to the roots of the feathers. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Kennon strode furiously down the dusty road toward Station One trying to sublimate his inner conflict into action. From Wordnik.com. [The Lani People] Reference
The sublimate could at most only impede the process of filtration, but should under no circumstances have destroyed it. From Wordnik.com. [At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers] Reference
And Napoleon, was he aught but an abridgment of the French nation, the sublimate and "proof" essence of French character?. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
I venture to say that if there is anything which will preserve objects for an indefinite period it is corrosive sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Poultices mixed with bichloride (corrosive sublimate) solution are less likely to encourage inoculation of neighboring areas. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
The spirit penetrates the pores of the skin with wonderful velocity, deposits invisible parts of the sublimate, and flies off. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
Try them, but don't rely too much upon them, is my advice; nor, indeed, upon anything -- not excepting even corrosive sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
In using the corrosive sublimate the student will do well to carefully read the chapter on Preservatives, and then make up his mind. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
We will put close by us a little bottle of the solution of corrosive sublimate in alcohol, also a stick like a common knitting needle, and. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
I may here mention, however, that I should not advise anyone to work on a bird previously saturated with a solution of corrosive sublimate. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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