This section is from the book "Materia Medica Pharmacy, Pharmacology And Therapeutics", by W. Hale White. Also available from Amazon: Materia Medica Pharmacy, Pharmacology And Therapeutics..
Alcohol Deodoratum. Deodorized Alcohol. A liquid composed of about 92.5 per cent, by weight, or 95.1 per cent., by volume, of Ethyl Alcohol, and about 7.5 per cent., by weight, of water.
The foreign odors may be removed by distilling the Alcohol over about 2 per cent. of pure, fused Sodium Acetate.
As of Absolute Alcohol. Sp. gr., about 0.816.
 
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