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Definition of Dusting powder

1. Noun. A fine powder for spreading on the body (as after bathing).

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Literary usage of Dusting powder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of pharmacology and its applications to therapeutics and toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"These act not only in virtue of their astringency, but also somewhat after the manner of inert dusting-powder, affording an artificial protective covering ..."

2. Merck's 1896 Index: An Encyclopedia for the Physician and the Pharmacist by Merck & Co, Merck & Co., New York (1896)
"Dusting-powder I [Kocu.] 271 . ... Potassium 1 part Dusting-powder 1 [MATER ] Talcum 9 parts 279. ... Potassium 8 to 5 parts Dusting-powder I [SOLCH. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1890)
"This powder is valuable as a dusting powder in chafing, sore feet, etc. Lanolin dusting powder.—5.0 anhydrous lanolin are dissolved in 20.0 ether and ..."

4. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1893)
"In cases of abraded skin, chafing of women and children, chape, excoriations, blisters, sore feet, and so on, a dermatol dusting powder is a desideratum, ..."

5. Therapeutics, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy: Including the Special by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1909)
"The dry form is used as a dusting powder in erysipelas, eczema, erythema, intertrigo, impetigo, pemphigus, ..."

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