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Bichloride of Mercury
The corrosive sublimate of the drug stores. Boil 24 troy ounces mercury in 36 troy ounces sulin 36 troy ounces sulphuric acid, by means of a sand-bath. When fire till the mixture begins to glow then resand-bath. When fire till the mixture begins to glow; then recold, rub the dry white mass with 18 troy move the crucible from the fire, and cover it ounces chloride of sodium in an earthenware up until the reaction is at an end and the whole has become cold. in an earthenware up until the reaction is at an end and the mortar; then sublime with a gentle heat. whole has become cold. (U. S. Ph.)