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argyrol

(n): antiseptic consisting of a compound of protein and silver (trade name Argyrol)
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9 months ago Treeseed said:

This nasty stuff was dark almost black, thick and incredibly drying and administered into the nose via a medicine dropper. It usually had to be combined with mineral oil because it was so drying. It made one's nose look monstrous. It was given to me as a child in the 1950s.

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