I am since reliably informed that sodium carbonate - Na2CO31OH2O - is a white crystalline that forms an alkaline solution in water solid which is used in glass making and is commonly known as washing soda. Dangerous to eyes, and if ingested. I seem to remember I might have recommended it for warts n all! Does anyone have any other thoughts on its effect? d;^) <other than causing one to be confused as to which list to send it to ROFL.> Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> I have been watching this thread with some interest and curiosity. On the Liverpool list it was suggested, privately, that one of my elusive folk might have been engaged in Whitehaven. He was a Master Mariner at the time of his marriage in 1818 - I may have already mentioned - and a Surgeon at his death in Liverpool. I am wondering, whether Sodium Carbonate would create any hazard, requiring a medical practitioner. Just thinking aloud really. Janet

Getting a bit off-topic, I feel! But finally.......... Strictly speaking Soda Ash is the anhydrous form of Sod Carbonate. Washing Soda could, I suppose, help with warts, but in former pre-HSE times Silver nitrate was preferred. That is if you didn't believe in the old wife's tale of rubbing the wart with a bit of steak and then burying it in the garden (the steak, that is!) Time to go. Dave Janet <wightway@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: I am since reliably informed that sodium carbonate - Na2CO31OH2O - is a white crystalline that forms an alkaline solution in water solid which is used in glass making and is commonly known as washing soda. Dangerous to eyes, and if ingested. I seem to remember I might have recommended it for warts n all! Does anyone have any other thoughts on its effect? d;^) --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos – NEW, now offering a quality print service from just 8p a photo.