See Also: ammoniated(medicine)
ammoniated tincture(medicine)
ammoniated mercury(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
ammoniated mercuric chloride(medicine)
Auvergne(tourism)
Auvergne(encyclopedia)
d'Auvergne (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
William of Auvergne(encyclopedia)
Auvergne hotels(tourism)

ammoniated mercury (medicine) and Auvergne (sh)


ammoniated mercury (medicine)


ammoniated mercury


Used in ointment for the treatment of skin diseases.

Synonym: ammoniated mercuric chloride, white mercuric precipitate.


Auvergne (sh)




Region (pop., 1999: 1,308,878), south-central France.

It was once inhabited by the Arverni, a Gallic people led by Vercingetorix and defeated by Julius Caesar. It was yielded to the Visigoths in AD 475 and conquered by the Franks under Clovis I in 507. It became part of Aquitaine, and in the 8th century it was made a countship. It passed to the Bourbons in 1416 and to France งใ 1530.