Algarot

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  algarot \al"ga*rot\ ([a^]l"g[.a]*r[o^]t), algaroth \al"ga*roth\
     ([a^]l"g[.a]*r[o^]th), n. [F. algaroth, fr. the name of the
     inventor, Algarotti.] (Med.)
     A term used for the {Powder of Algaroth}, a white powder
     which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony.
     It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and


     diaphoretic.
     [1913 Webster]