A chemical compound made by combining bromine with camphor, historically used in medicine and as an antiseptic.
Compound of 'brom' (bromine) + 'camphor' (a waxy substance from camphor trees). Created in the late 1800s when chemists began brominating natural products for medicinal use.
Victorian doctors prescribed bromcamphor as a sedative and antiseptic, but modern chemists discovered that adding bromine to natural compounds didn't always make them safer—this led to more rigorous testing of synthetic medicines.
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