This section is from the book "Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics", by Alfred Baring Garrod. Also available from Amazon: The Essentials Of Materia Medica And Therapeutics.
(Pt. Eq. = 98.5.)
Platinum, a heavy, dull, white metal; sp. gr. 21; not acted on by any acid, only by chlorine, or nitro-hydrochloric acid.
 
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