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  2. Burning mouth syndrome - Wikipedia

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    If a cause can be identified for a burning sensation in the mouth, then treatment of this underlying factor is recommended. If symptom persist despite treatment a diagnosis of BMS is confirmed. [11] BMS has been traditionally treated by reassurance and with antidepressants, anxiolytics or anticonvulsants.

  3. Asthmador - Wikipedia

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    In severe overdose it could hospitalize the patient or cause death. Prior to the introduction of rescue inhalers in the mid-1950s this was an over-the-counter remedy for asthma attacks. Asthmador was sold in packets like cigarettes, in tins like pipe tobacco, or as an incense. The paroxysms would abate within a few minutes of inhaling the mixture.

  4. Ignitron - Wikipedia

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    (1) Anode, (2) Cathode, (3) Ignitor, (4) Mercury, (5) Ceramic insulators, (6) Cooling fluid An ignitron is a type of gas-filled tube used as a controlled rectifier and dating from the 1930s. Invented by Joseph Slepian while employed by Westinghouse , Westinghouse was the original manufacturer and owned trademark rights to the name "Ignitron".

  5. Detection of fire accelerants - Wikipedia

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    An ignitable liquid is a liquid that will readily ignite when exposed to an ignition source, while a fire accelerant is a material that is used to increase the rate of combustion for materials that do not readily burn. [2] Ignitable liquids are not always fire accelerants, they may just be present at the scene under normal circumstances.

  6. Spark gap - Wikipedia

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    A spark plug.The spark gap is at the bottom. A spark plug uses a spark gap to initiate combustion.The heat of the ionization trail, but more importantly, UV radiation and hot free electrons (both cause the formation of reactive free radicals) [citation needed] ignite a fuel-air mixture inside an internal combustion engine, or a burner in a furnace, oven, or stove.

  7. Thermidorians - Wikipedia

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    Paul Barras in official costume as a member of the Directory.. The Thermidorians (French: Thermidoriens, named after the month of Thermidor) [4] were a political group during the First French Republic.

  8. Metal-halide lamp - Wikipedia

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    It may cause acoustic resonance in the arc, shortening the lamp life. [10] Pulse-start metal-halide bulbs don't contain a starting electrode which strikes the arc, and require an ignitor to generate a high-voltage (1–5 kV on cold strike, over 30 kV [11] on hot restrike) pulse to start the arc. Electronic ballasts include the igniter circuit ...

  9. Thermidorian Reaction - Wikipedia

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    Closing of the Jacobin Club by Louis Legendre, in the early morning of 28 July 1794.Four days later it was reopened by him. [1]In the historiography of the French Revolution, the Thermidorian Reaction (French: Réaction thermidorienne or Convention thermidorienne, "Thermidorian Convention") is the common term for the period between the ousting of Maximilien Robespierre on 9 Thermidor II, or 27 ...