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

It's nobody I've met at old Stars and Garters', though his lady-wife could no more do without me than without her sal volatile and flirtations.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, 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.

After a dose of sal volatile, Miss Burton called a hansom and insisted on taking me home.

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous