Examples of mercury chloride in a Sentence
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Because of an outsized fear of germs, doctors shaved women’s pubic hair, scrubbed their heads with kerosene, cleaned their nipples and stomachs with ether, and douched them with saline and either whiskey or mercury chloride.
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Allison Yarrow, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2018
Allison Yarrow, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2018
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First Known Use
circa 1885, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of mercury chloride was
circa 1885
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“Mercury chloride.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mercury%20chloride. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.
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