mercuric chloride
noun
: a heavy crystalline poisonous compound HgCl2 used as a disinfectant and fungicide and in photography
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At the time of his professorial appointment to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Halsted routinely relied on the use of antibacterial solutions of mercuric chloride and carbolic acid in the operating theatre.
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Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2015
Rebecca Kreston, Discover Magazine, 29 Aug. 2015
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