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Eng., Sodium Cyanide. Sodium cyanide replaces potassium cyanide of the U. S. P., viii.
This drug is seldom a prescription ingredient. It is sometimes used by the profession in solutions of about 1 per cent., to remove the stains of silver nitrate.
See Glycerophosphates, p. 30
 
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