Copper
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Contents
Imported from
- Swansea
- Chile
- Cape of Good Hope
- Peru
- Australasia
- Newfoundland
- Spain
- Venezuela
- Portugal
- United States of America
- Italy
- British North America
- Norway
- Boliva Bolivia
Used to Make
- Electrical Industry
- Engineering Industry
- Rubber & Gutta Percha Industry
- Shipyards
- Submarine Telegraph Cables
Description
Refined copper was used chiefly in the manufacture of electrical cables and plumbing fittings, in addition to industrial applications such as boilers and stills.
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
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Savory classifies sulphate of copper under Caustics and Counter-Irritants (Remedies Which Chemically Destroy or Burn the Animal Tissues When Locally Applied) (412/391) and as an Emetic (414/393). Sulphate of copper and sulphate of zinc are both recommened emetics when treating poisoning from opium. (197/176)
Diseases Treated with
General Diseases
- Epilepsy (251/230): Strong stimuli and tonics are to be used when the disease is the result of “weakness or nervous irritability,” with a preparation of sulphate of copper being one to the effective treatments.