SULPHUROUS ACID
\sˈʌlfəɹəs ˈasɪd], \sˈʌlfəɹəs ˈasɪd], \s_ˈʌ_l_f_ə_ɹ_ə_s ˈa_s_ɪ_d]\
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Obtained by treating mercury with concentrated sulphuric acid, or by burning sulphur. It is sometimes used in the gaseons, - at others, in the liquid, state. Sulphurous acid gas is used to disinfect clothes, confined air, letters coming from infected places. It is also exhibited, with great success, in the form of fumigation, in the treatment of certain chronic cutaneous affections, and of sciatic and rheumatic pains in general. If respired pure, it acts in the manner of violent irritants; and is not long in producing death.
By Robley Dunglison
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colorless liquid, H2SO3: used as oxidizing and bleaching agent, and as a lotion in diphtheria, stomatitis, etc.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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H2SO3, liquid, colorless; bleaching agent and antiseptic in dermatology.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe