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2. Antihemorrhagic - Wikipedia

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   Styptic pencil Alum block and razor. A styptic (also spelled stiptic) is a specific type of antihemorrhagic agent that works by contracting tissue to seal injured blood vessels. Styptic pencils contain astringents. [12] A common delivery system for this is a styptic or hemostatic pencil (not to be confused with a caustic pencil).

3. Caustic pencil - Wikipedia

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   Typical caustic pencil with detail of dried, oxidized, and inactive chemical. A caustic pencil (or silver nitrate stick) is a device for applying topical medication containing silver nitrate and potassium nitrate, used to chemically cauterize skin, providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue such as a wart, skin tag, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue. [1]

4. Styptic pencil - Wikipedia

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5. The 50 best Christmas gifts for everyone on your list this year

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   Lego 2.0 Mechanical Pencil. $8 at Cult Pens. Best stocking stuffer for toddlers The Tiny Titan Teether. $14 at BabyGlitch. See 45 more.

6. Hidden Uses for Common Household Products Most People Don't ...

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   1. Tennis Ball. Tennis balls are so useful that you may want to buy some to keep around the house even if you don’t play. For example, half a tennis ball can help screw open tight caps.

7. Alum - Wikipedia

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   Alum is also used as a styptic, in styptic pencils available from pharmacists, or as an alum block, available from barber shops and gentlemen's outfitters, to stem bleeding from shaving nicks; [23] and as an astringent. An alum block can be used directly as a perfume-free deodorant (antiperspirant), and unprocessed mineral alum is sold in ...

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   For many years, Queen Elizabeth II even gifted each member of her staff a Christmas pudding from Tesco. Another dessert of choice is Christmas cake, a rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing.

9. Aluminium sulfate - Wikipedia

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   Aluminium sulfate may be used as a deodorant, an astringent, or as a styptic for superficial shaving wounds. [citation needed] Aluminium sulfate is used as a mordant in dyeing and printing textiles. It is a common vaccine adjuvant and works "by facilitating the slow release of antigen from the vaccine depot formed at the site of inoculation."