PEAT
An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 9
n. Pet. Fr., tour be. Ger., Tor/, Braunkohle. It., torba. Sp., turba. A vegetable substance found as a kind of turf or bog in low-lying places and consisting of roots and fibres in various stages of decomposition. Powdered p. has been used as an antiseptic dre ing for wounds, its efficacy being ascribed to its absorbent properties and its acid reaction. Cf. BRAUNKOHLENO^. White p. See KiESELgrw/ir. [s. 225]
Readham'da tam maddeyi gor →