This section is from the book "Materia Medica And Therapeutics Inorganic Substances", by Charles D. F. Phillips. Also available from Amazon: Materia medica and therapeutics.
This, like the other mineral acids, when employed to cauterize poisoned wounds, bites, etc., has the advantage over solid caustic of more penetrating power. W. Frazer considered strong sulphuric acid better than any other ("Materia Medica," p. 12).
 
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