English Explanatory Dictionary

Fowler's solution

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An aqueous solution (containing arsenite and potassium), containing 1% arsenic trioxide. It was historically used in treatment of leukemia, but has since been discredited.

Word forms

Fowler's solution

Etymology

Named after an English chemist, Thomas Fowler (1736–1801). First mentioned in 1786.

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