Condy's fluidn.
A strong solution of sodium manganate or permanganate, used as a disinfectant. Also (colloquial) Condy n.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > freedom from impurities > removal of impurities > disinfecting > [noun] > disinfectant > chemicals or solutions
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1857 J. Griffiths in H. B. Condy Disinfection (1862) 37 I have fairly tested the efficacy of ‘Condy's Disinfecting Fluid’ upon a quantity of putrid meat which was rendered perfectly sweet thereby.
1859 Lancet 1 Jan. 8/2 Condy's fluid was commenced on the fourth day, with immediate relief to the pain.
1866 Chem. News 17 Aug. 84 Put half an ounce of Condy's red fluid into every water receptacle that is made of wood.
1866 Chem. News 17 Aug. 84 In the use of Condy's fluid for purifying water-butts, enough should be used.
1866 Chem. News 17 Aug. 84 The addition of one or more drops of ‘Condy’..will speedily remove that smell and taste.
1866 Chem. News 17 Aug. 84 The microscopic animalcules.., if not destroyed by the Condy, would die of starvation.
1878 C. M. Tidy Handbk. Mod. Chem. 270 ‘Condy's green disinfecting fluid’..turns red (a permanganate being formed) on the addition of an acid.
1894 C. H. W. Donovan With Wilson in Matabeleland iv. 67 We..syringed his deep wounds with Condy's Fluid.
1912 J. W. Mellor Mod. Inorg. Chem. xxv. 483 A crude mixture of sodium manganate and permanganate is made by fusing sodium hydroxide with pyrolusite, and sold as a disinfectant under the name ‘Condy's fluid’.
1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxv. 515 Condy's Fluid..cannot be employed to disinfect rooms.
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