Cresolene
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Cresolene is a dark liquid with a pungent smell made from coal tar used in the 19th and early 20th century as a disinfectant[1] and to treat various ailments such as colds and measles. Most well known of all cresolene products was the Vapo-Cresolene lamp, used to heat the substance so that the fumes could be inhaled; these were produced between 1879 and 1957.[2]
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- ^ "Sunlight and Firelight | StoryTrax". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
- ^ "Untitled | McCord Museum". collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
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