| 单词 | kermes mineral |
| 释义 | > as lemmaskermes mineral 3. Amorphous trisulphide of antimony, of a brilliant red colour. More fully kermes mineral. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > minerals > types of mineral > sulphides and related minerals > [noun] > stibnite group > antimony trisulphide kermes1753 stibine1843 stibnite1854 antimonite1868 antimony glance1875 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. The kermes mineral was a preparation of Glauber..made public in 1720. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) The more the kermes contains of a regulus easily revivified, the more it proves emetic. 1796 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. (ed. 2) II. 251 Mr. Sage thinks it [Red Antimonial ore] a natural Kermes. 1831 J. Davies Man. Materia Medica ix. 328 When administered in the dose of a few grains, kermes acts as an emetic. 1859 R. H. Semple tr. P. Bretonneau et al. Mem. Diphtheria 10 Kermes mineral was given in emetic and repeated doses. < as lemmas |
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