For over a century, historians have concluded that much of Muncie’s gas boom-era open vice was concentrated in a red-light ...

Last week, came the announce-ment that they had found and tested such a germicide-hexylresorcinol, 50 times as powerful as carbolic acid. Dr. Leonard began his experiments with carbolic acid ...

The common salt is a necessary consti-;uent of the blood, and the water and carbolic acid are dissipated by the heat of baking; ;he latter being retained by the pores or vesi-:les of the bread ...

in which he introduced the use of carbolic acid (phenol) as an antiseptic. This breakthrough significantly reduced the incidence of post-operative infections, marking a turning point in surgical ...

The substance obtained by the treatment of coal tar is carbolic, or phenic acid, which differs materially in its properties from the real creosote. Being an effective disinfectant, carbolic acid ...

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If not strychnine, some snake-handling churches keep a flask of carbolic acid at the altar instead. Wolford, 44, died May 27, about eight hours after being bitten by one of his poisonous yellow timber ...

John Haigh believed he had concocted the "perfect murder," until forensic science caught up to him in 1949 Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019.

Glycolic acid is a substance that chemically exfoliates a person’s skin by dissolving dead skin cells and oils. Glycolic acid may also help boost collagen production, and support skin moisture.