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HARTSHORN OIL [1 record]

Record 1 2011-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

Dark brown oil with a disagreeable odor, derived by destructive distillation of bones or other animal substances.

OBS

Use: alcohol denaturant, insecticide, source of pyrrole, organic preparations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] liquide qu'on obtient en rectifiant le produit huileux de la distillation sèche des os, de la corne et des autres substances animales analogues. Dippel la recommandait comme médicament antihystérique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
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