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Nitrate of Bismuth
The neu- ces liquor of ammonia, frequently shaking it. shaking it. tral nitrate is made from 2 ounces pure bis- Wash the precipitate with water, and dry it. muth broken into fragments, dissolved by tral nitrate is made from 2 ounces pure bis- eases; also to destroy small vermin. , dissolved by It is used to make an ointment for skin dis heat in 6 ounces nitric acid, adding more acid, 'if necessary, to effect entire solution. Add to the solution half its volume of distilled water, distilled water, filter through powdered glass, and crystallize , and crystallize by evaporation. (Cooley.) eases; also to destroy small vermin.