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sal volatile

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sal volatile
1. another name for ammonium carbonate
2. a solution of ammonium carbonate in alcohol and aqueous ammonia, often containing aromatic oils, used as smelling salts


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Raymond is a witness what ginger and sal volatile I am obliged to take in the night.
Lady Lundie, my dear, prostrate in her own room--too much sal volatile.
Mrs Kenwigs was so overpowered by this supposition, that it needed all the tender attentions of Miss Petowker, of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, to restore her to anything like a state of calmness; not to mention the assiduity of Mr Kenwigs, who held a fat smelling- bottle to his lady's nose, until it became matter of some doubt whether the tears which coursed down her face were the result of feelings or SAL VOLATILE.
 
 
 
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