sal volatile

Example Sentences

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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

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

Why is a man marrying a second time like sal volatile?

From The Handbook of Conundrums by Ordway, Edith B.

Then, all was a blank until she awoke upon her lounge, hair and face dripping with wet; the scent of sal volatile tingling in her nostrils, and a cluster of anxious faces about her.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

She went to a little cupboard and poured out a dose of sal volatile.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Rives, Amélie