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

"No. If your pet friend can get through an invitation-note of four lines, the exertion costs her at least a dram of sal volatile."

From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida

I provided myself with sal volatile and spirits of camphor,—we wore pockets in our gowns in those days,—and thus armed I presented 86 myself again to Mrs. Wilson.

From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.

Beatrix seized her vial of sal volatile and flew to the relief of her friend.

From Tried for Her Life A Sequel to "Cruel As the Grave" by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte