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Potassium permanganate

noun
1.
A poisonous salt that forms dark purple crystals and is purple-red when dissolved in water; used as an oxidizing and bleaching agent and as a disinfectant and antiseptic.  Synonym: permanganate of potash.






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... someone capable of giving the injections can be secured, the treatment is certainly worth the trial. The immediate injection into the tissues around the wound of a one-per-cent. watery solution of chromic acid or potassium permanganate is thought to be of value by destroying the poison, but in order to be efficient it must be administered within a short time after the bite has been received. Should the patient's condition become serious, and the breathing finally stop, artificial respiration may be resorted to. As soon as ...
— Health on the Farm - A Manual of Rural Sanitation and Hygiene • H. F. Harris



Words linked to "Potassium permanganate" :   permanganate of potash, permanganate



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