GUNPOWDER

n. Gusn'pu5-u4d-u5r. Lat., pulvis fulminans (seu pyrius, seu nitratus). Fr., poudre d canon (ou a tirer, on de cha e). Ger., Schie pulvef. A granulated explosive mixture of about 2 parts of charcoal, 3 of sulphur, and 15 of pota ium nitrate; used as a domestic remedy for malarial poisoning, occasionally in medical practice as an anti dyspeptic and disinfectant, and, externally, mixed with lemon-juice, for ringworm. [H. V. Knaggs, "Therap. Gaz.," Nov., 1888, p. 745.] [s. 255]