Seidlitz powder
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Seidlitz powder
C19: named after Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia with mineral springs having similar laxative effects
Example Sentences
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Seidlitz powder often settles the stomach, soda also.
From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson
So keep them as carefully divided as if they were the two parts of a Seidlitz powder.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp
This thing, so far as flavour is concerned, is nothing but a Seidlitz powder.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
Well, I had to keep calm and attend to business, but I was seething inside like a Seidlitz powder.
From Where There's a Will by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Soda mints or a teaspoonful of baking soda may be given dissolved in hot water, and unless diarrhœa is present a Seidlitz powder or other saline cathartic may be given.
From American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick by Cross, American Red
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