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Chloroform

chloroform

also: хлороформ

A volatile anesthetic in real nineteenth-century medical use; stock spy-thriller shorthand here for incapacitating one's enemies without violence.

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Mentioned in 5 works (7 mentions)

Untitled Play (Bezottsovshchina / "Platonov") Plays · 1 mention
The Mysteries of One Hundred and Forty-Four Catastrophes Stories · 1 mention
In the Carriage Stories · 1 mention
The Name-Day Party Stories · 2 mentions
Uncle Vanya Plays · 2 mentions

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