page_title: Chloroform
hierarchical_section_title: Chloroform
caption_attribution_description: Shop round for chloroform; various bottles 1801-1910 and 1862-63. Wellcome Images Keywords: Chloroform
context_page_description: Chloroform is a chemical substance. It is an organic compound. Chloroform is one of the intermediate substances that occur in the production of Polytetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon. Chloroform is used as a solvent. In the 19th century, it was a widely used anaesthetic.
context_section_description: Chloroform (also called trichloromethane) is a chemical substance. It is an organic compound. Chloroform is one of the intermediate substances that occur in the production of Polytetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon. Chloroform is used as a solvent. In the 19th century, it was a widely used anaesthetic.
caption: Chloroform used to be sold in bottles like these
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