Carbonic Acid

This gas, which neither supports respiration nor combustion, is not often used in medicine It is the main agent in effervescent draughts, fermenting poultices, etc It is often found occupying the lower parts of mines - when it is called the choke damp - caverns, tombs, wells, brewers' vats, etc, and not unfrequently has been the cause of death

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