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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 350 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GROUP VII . See also:Sulphur.—Sulphur itself has no See also:action, but when brought into contact with the secretions it forms sulphides, sulphites and sulphuretted See also:hydrogen, and thereby becomes more or less irritant and antiseptic. In the bowel its See also:conversion into sulphides causes it to See also:act as a mild laxative. See also:Baths containing sulphuretted hydrogen or alkaline sulphides have a slightly irritating effect upon the skin, and stimulate the See also:general See also:metabolism.

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