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WaltA wrote: When I used laurel leaves to kill bugs a long time ago in my youth (when it was still ok to collect birds eggs as well,) I assumed that it was cyanide in the leaves wot done it. Yup :-) But you said the leaves contained prussic acid, which confused me ! However after a short google this page proved enlightening http://ianrpubs.unl.edu/range/g775.htm "prussic acid--also called hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen cyanide, or cyanide" Or Scheele's acid, for those that are truly stuck in a time warp. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Nick Maclaren wrote:
Or Scheele's acid, for those that are truly stuck in a time warp. Gosh, you must be old to remember that ! ;-)) I googled "Scheele's acid" and the first find gave me :- "Taylor, Lond. Med. Gaz., 1845, p. 103, a man took 45 drops of Scheele's acid;" |
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