Word: dinitrophenol
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Council on Pharmacy & Chemistry last week refused to approve the use of the compound as a medicine. Dinitrophenol of which they all were so fearful promises to be a vigorous prod for sluggards and a subtle weapon for murderers. It is a yellow, crystalline powder closely related to picric acid (of which explosives and ointments for burns are made). It costs only $12 a pound and is easily purchasable...
...editor warned: "Drug with the potency and effects of dinitrophenol is a two-edged sword with appalling possibilities for harm as well as for good...