spirits of ammonia

noun

1. (functioning as singular or plural) another name for sal volatile

Example Sentences

“You’re in the manager’s office. They’re all running around looking for spirits of ammonia and doctors and things to bring you to. They’d just run out of ammonia, apparently. How do you feel? No kidding.”

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What is more, I'll have a glass of lemonade ready, with aromatic spirits of ammonia in it.

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Well, I’m a graduate in pharmacy, you know, and so I fixed him up a little aromatic spirits of ammonia in a glass of soda-water.

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When it has been taken internally, the proper antidote is a powerful emetic followed by stimulants—such as liquor and spirits of ammonia—administered internally.

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Ten-drop doses of the aromatic spirits of ammonia may be employed instead of the carbonate, given in sweetened water.

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