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==Description==
 

Revision as of 15:05, 12 May 2016


Tin is most often used in solder with lead, and as a corrosive-resistant plating on steel or iron. It is also alloyed with copper to produce bronze or with lead, copper, and antimony to create pewter.

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Tin

A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865

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Tin fillings are classified as an Anthelmintic (remedies which expel intestinal worms)

Diseases Treated with

General Diseases

  • Worms (307/286): powdered tin is one of the worm medicines recommended to use in order to kill/dislodge the worms

Prescriptions Containing Tin

Anthelminics

  • Anthelmintic Electuary (337/316): powdered tin


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