The decoction of the leaves is a useful cleansing and deodorizing application for ulcers.
"The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines"
T. H. Pardo de Tavera
Earth, besides covering up and deodorizing the decomposing food at the bottom, also contains some materials which are apparently necessary to the well-being of trout.
"Amateur Fish Culture"
Charles Edward Walker
The earth-reservoir is calculated to hold enough for about twenty-five times; and where earth is scarce, or the manure required of extraordinary strength, the product may be dried as many as seven times, and without losing any of its deodorizing properties.
"The American Woman's Home"
Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe