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Meanings of powder alum in English
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Usage of powder alum in English
1
The powdered alum contracts the blood vessels, thereby shutting off the supply of blood.
2
To terminate the spasm and prevent its return give teaspoonful doses of powdered alum.
3
Put in wax and powdered alum, to harden them.
4
Burnt powdered alum is often used to destroy "proud flesh."
5
Purchase five cents' worth of powdered alum and dissolve in a pint of vinegar and apply freely.
6
Soak absorbent cotton in a little turpentine and put between the toes; or sprinkle the cotton with powdered alum.
7
For a sprained ankle, the whites of eggs and powdered alum made into a plaster is almost a specific.
8
Nosebleed, Alum as a cure for.-"Applycold water to face and back of neck; snuff powdered alum."
9
If you wish the plaster to set extra hard, then add a little sulphate of potash, or powdered alum.
10
In addition to these, burnt linen, spiders' webs, starch-powder , powdered alum, and plaster-of-Paris powder are used by different mohels.
11
Powdered cloves and powdered alum, rubbed on the gum and put in the diseased tooth will sometimes lessen the pain.
12
For a non-poisonous powder I would advise equal parts of powdered alum and insect powder in place of the arsenic and alum.
13
After effecting the erasure the spot is often rubbed over with a powdered alum or gum sandarac, or coated with gelatin or size.
14
Boil five ounces of soft water and six ounces of powdered alum for a short time, and pour it into a vessel to cool.