sal volatile

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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

I laid Marion very gently down upon the bed, and turned to the old woman, who was already fussing at my side with salts and sal volatile.

From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose

"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

Thomas Sedley, I want you to tell Lyster, the apothecary, to send a small bottle of sal volatile to Miss Christian immediately.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 2 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan