It was not until Nobel conceived the idea (in 1866) of absorbing the liquid in some absorbent earth, and thus forming the material that is now known as dynamite, that the use of nitro-glycerine as an explosive became general.
The base is nitro-glycerine, and the absorbent is carbon in the form of burnt cork.
A mixture of rubber, resins, and waxes, with a filler of anabsorbent powder.
Internally, as absorbent in diarrhea and dysentery.
It will be seen that the function of the "earth" is simply to act as an absorbent of the liquid nitro-glycerine, and several other things can be used for the same purpose.
After syringing the ear it should be dried thoroughly with pieces of sterile absorbent cotton.
If it is not very painful, the most comfortable way to dress the gland is simply to place over it a large pad of absorbentcotton held in place by a broad strip of flannel cloth.
Pour into a large bowl, saturate a large piece of thick absorbent cotton, wrap around the joint and bind in place.
A piece of oiled silk may be put outside the linen to prevent the ointment staining the clothing, and over this a layer of absorbent cotton and a binder, applied without pressure.
A little piece of absorbent cotton is wound round the end of a tooth-pick or match, dipped in the peroxide and the incision thoroughly rubbed clean.
They are given in the following way: Place the child on its side, roll around the index finger a piece of absorbent cotton, dip this in a saturated solution of boracic acid, and put into the mouth of the child.
Place the leather on a small non-absorbent surface, such as copper or brass, and moisten the back side with as much water as it will take and still not show on the face side.
Use a smooth, non-absorbent surface to lay the leather on while at work.
Place the leather on some hard non-absorbent material, such as brass or marble.
Press a tuft of absorbent cotton into the small part of the neck to a depth of about 3 in.
There [Illustration: Portfolio Design] will also be needed a level, non-absorbent surface upon which to lay the leather while working it.
After the separation of the cord the navel should be dressed with a little cosmoline, still using the absorbent cotton.
Lay over the navel a compress of absorbent cotton, unless the child is over four weeks old, and over this the band, which should be unhemmed, and wide enough to extend from the hip to the armpit.
The ordinary shields are not very good, as they are not absorbent enough.
Either by theirabsorbent or repelling powers they assist nature in eradicating that almost universal disease--scrofula.
Pereira, to a liquefaction of the blood; by others, to a direct stimulation of the absorbent system.
That the surface of the intestines is absorbent may be proved by the disappearance of enemata thrown into them.
That the stomach is absorbent may be proved by the experiment of placing a ligature round the intestine of a dog, just below the pylorus.
This effect is obviously connected with the alteration in the blood, and there is no reason to suppose that any special stimulant action is exerted on the absorbent vessels.
This, in fact, would press the fluid into the absorbent vessels, even if against the other endosmotic forces.
The small sessile glands have also disappeared in some of the genera, being replaced in Roridula by hairs, and in most species of Drosera by absorbent papillae.
These usually consist of only two or three slightly divided branches, from half to one inch in length, furnished with absorbent hairs.
They are usually made from cotton batting and a generous layer of absorbent cotton.
This pad should be pieces of clean old linen or small pads of absorbent cotton.
The supplies requiring special preparation and sterilization are: Three pounds of absorbent cotton.
These pads should be thirty-six inches square and about five inches thick, three or four inches of which may be the cotton batting and the remainder absorbent cotton.
This material can be cut to any size or folded into any shape, and is easily sterilized by heat, or by boiling, without damage to itsabsorbent properties.
An excellent substitute is absorbent cotton-wool enclosed in gauze (Gamgee tissue).
In such cases, when the abdomen is opened, the free blood in the abdominal cavity is easily removed by sterilized dabs of absorbent material.
When the suppuration is too plentiful, and the wound appears disposed to heal, I purge once or twice with Epsom salt, having previously for a few days administered some absorbent powders.
It is a useful absorbent of liquid manure, and may be advantageously added to the dung-heap for that purpose.
This absorbent action is most remarkably manifested in the case of ammonia and potash, but it takes place also with magnesia and soda.
It may be most advantageously used as an absorbent of liquid manure, and on this account, forms a useful addition to the manure heap.
When calcined they are used as an absorbent to carry off the baser metals in refining silver.
A package of lint and absorbent cotton was pushed down into his pocket.
The interior was bespattered with blood and partially filled with absorbent cotton which was saturated with gore.
Some of the absorbent material was still soft with blood and there was a pool of fresh blood in one corner of the trunk.
This affection depends upon a superabundance of the humours of the eye, occasioned by over-secretion, or a want of power in the absorbentvessels to carry off the natural secretions of the parts.
The odor of civet is best imparted, not by actual contact, but by being placed in the neighborhood of absorbent materials.
It is obvious that the absorbent vessels of the skin are very active during the lavoratory process; such soap must not, therefore, be used except by the special advice of a medical man.
It should then be washed with warm water and soap by means of a clean piece of cotton cloth or absorbent cotton.
He should proceed promptly to boil some pieces of absorbent cotton, as large as an egg, together with a nail brush in water.
Cover wound with absorbent cotton (or pieces of muslin) which has been boiled.
Subsequent treatment consists in keeping the damaged parts covered with vaseline or cold cream, absorbent cotton, and bandage.
Some strips of clean cotton cloth may be used in the absence of absorbent cotton.
Bleeding from a deep puncture may be stopped by plugging the cavity with strips of muslin which have been boiled, or with absorbent cotton, similarly treated, keeping the plug in place by snug bandaging.
Inflammation of the testicles demands rest in bed, elevation of the testicle on a pillow after wrapping it in a thick layer of absorbent cotton, or applying hot compresses, as recommended for the neck.
Some of the boiled cotton cloth or absorbent cotton, wet as it is, should be placed over the wound and the whole covered by a bandage.
If pus ("matter") forms, the cut edge should be raised up by pushing in a little absorbent cotton under the nail every day.
If deep, plug it with absorbent cotton, and put tight bandage over plug.
The frozen member, if hand or foot, is raised high in the air on pillows and covered well with absorbent cotton and bandage.
Absorbent cotton is also employed as a surgical dressing, and should also be sterilized if it is to be used on raw surfaces.
The brown colour of the bud makes it an absorbent of sunlight, and also serves as a protection from observation by the sharp eyes of bud-eating birds.
Humus contains plant food and is also an excellent absorbent of the poisonous excretions.
There is another set of absorbent vessels in females which is destined to secrete milk for the nourishment of the young.
One set of the absorbent vessels, then, is employed in bringing away the old materials that are no longer fit for use; whilst the other set is busy in conveying into the blood the new materials that are to replace them.
Another set of absorbent vessels pump up the chyle from the stomach and intestines, and convey it, after many circumvolutions, into the great vein near the heart.
On the other hand, the blood is recruited during its return through the veins by the fresh chyle, or imperfect blood, which has been produced by food; and it receives also lymph from the absorbent vessels, as we have before mentioned.
There’s the carbon dioxide absorbent in there to take up everything you breathe out.
And the can of absorbent can take care of your carbon dioxide for a lot longer than that.
Take a piece of absorbent cotton and clean the copper with potash (by the way, use finger tips); rinse under tap for five minutes, then a fresh piece of cotton with alcohol at 95 per cent.
Beaume hydrometer, pour off enough to fill a one-litre glass stoppered bottle, after filtering through absorbent cotton.
If they do not supply it, rouge it yourself with powdered rouge and turpentine, using a ball of absorbent cotton over a large piece of smooth cork.
Slide the plate under water removing air bubbles as they appear, with a ball of absorbent cotton; when the heat of the water reaches 90 deg.
The middle layer consisted of granulated absorbent charcoal, which had the property of absorbing large quantities of organic irritants and phosgene.
The filling consisted of some such material as powdered pumice-stone saturated with a solution of potash, and powdered over with fine absorbent charcoal in order to protect against organic irritants and phosgene.
