Word: sulfured
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Greek fire" (a mixture of pitch, sulfur, quicklime and petroleum), invented by a Syrian named Callinicus, saved Constantinople from the Saracens (673-77 A.D.). This was one of the most impressive victories of a secret weapon...
...were looking at one of the most fearsome sights in the world. Clouds of steam obstructed our view, but now and then they thinned out to show us the red, seething mass of lava whose fierce heat came at us in gusts. The steepness of the sides, yellowed with sulfur, surprised me. They sheered off below us like a cliff. And every 30 seconds came that roar and explosion as the angry mass shot its lava into...
...vegetables to be dried must be picked when they are just ripe and dried at once, before they begin to lose their freshness and flavor. Before they are put in the dehydrator they are cleaned, peeled and cut in small pieces; vegetables are blanched with steam, fruits blanched or sulfured with fumes from a sulfur candle. They lie in the dehydrator for seven to 20 hours (tomatoes and pears take longest) at a drying temperature of about 145°F., finally emerge a tenth of their original size and are stored in a cool, dark place in moisture-proof jars...
...British medical officer reports curing 1,000 cases of scabies (itchy skin infestation caused by barely visible burrowing parasites) by painting patients "from neck to soles with a 20% benzyl benzoate emulsion." He claims his method is faster and cheaper than the classic system of baths, sulfur ointment and sterilization of clothes and bedclothes. Only 0.92% of his patients needed a second coat...
Nursing Sick Pigs. Best help in preventing hog worms is good pasture rotated so that young pigs (most susceptible to worms) are put on parasite-free soil. Lice, which may cause restlessness and lack of appetite, can be killed by oily dips. Lime and sulfur solution controls mange. In each case, the whole pig must be dipped. Usual system is to make him swim through a dip 40 or more inches deep, duck his head somewhere en route...