Nitric acid (HNO3). A colorless liquid that is used in the manufacture of inorganic and organic nitrates and nitro compounds for fertilizers, dye intermediates, explosives, and many different organic chemicals. Continued exposure to vapor may cause chronic bronchitis; chemical pneumonitis may occur. (From Merck Index, 11th ed)
    

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Further observations on the use of nitric acid as an escharotic, in vascular tumours of the rectum / by John Houston, M.D.

The use of nitric acid in the treatment of uterine disease / Lombe Atthill.

Nitro-muriatic acid bath.

Essai sur l'empoisonnement par l'acide nitrique, presente et soutenu a l'Ecole de medecine de Paris le 19 pluviose an X. / par A. E. Tartra.

Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).

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Further observations on the use of nitric acid as an escharotic, in vascular tumours of the rectum / by John Houston, M.D.

The use of nitric acid in the treatment of uterine disease / Lombe Atthill.

Nitro-muriatic acid bath.

Essai sur l'empoisonnement par l'acide nitrique, presente et soutenu a l'Ecole de medecine de Paris le 19 pluviose an X. / par A. E. Tartra.

Experiments on air : Papers published in the Philosophical transactions / by the Hon. Henry Cavendish, F.R.S. (1784-1785).