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Fowlers Solution

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Fowler's Solution (Liquor arsenicalis), an important pharmacopoeial preparation made by boiling arsenious acid and carbonate of potassium in water, and then adding compound tincture of lavender. It is highly poisonous, but is very useful in small doses in certain skin diseases and in some forms of dyspepsia.

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