sal volatile
Example Sentences
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After she had had some sal volatile and sat still for a few minutes, she said the re was nothing he matter with her except a few bruises.
From "The Magician's Nephew" by C. S. Lewis
I have not read them, I am too weak, I suffered Fits of Shaking & he & the Smith Father delivered me back to my Chamber & there administered sal volatile.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
I have given her a strong dose of sal volatile, and she begged me to explain things to you; so—I came.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Maud Diver
She speedily recovered herself, however, after she had been helped to her state-room and persuaded to swallow some sal volatile, but she still felt shaken and unnerved.
From Bandit Love by Juanita Savage
Why is a man marrying a second time like sal volatile?
From The Handbook of Conundrums by Edith B. Ordway
