salufer
(ˈsæljʊfə(r))
[irreg. f. L. salū-s health (see salutary) + -fer producing.]
Silicofluoride of sodium, used as an antiseptic. Hence saˈluferize v., to cleanse or purify with ‘salufer’.
| 1894 Times 5 May 6/1 Mr. Thomson, the successor of Playfair..at the Manchester Royal Institution Laboratory. He has a plan of attacking the mud in the bottom of the canal with a powerful antiseptic compounded of sodium, silicon, and fluorine. Salufer the mixture is named. Ibid., It may be requisite to saluferize not only the canal water, but that of the river for some distance higher up. 1905 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 27 May 1147 The ear was syringed once or twice daily with a solution of salufer in boiled water. |