Veronal

British

/ ˈvɛrənəl /

noun

a trademark for barbitone

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I have seen patients who could not take so much as two grains of veronal or trional without flushing, itching, and similar symptoms.

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Japan's Ryunosuke Akutagawa was one of the hapless few; in 1927, sunk in pessimism and possibly near madness, he took an overdose of veronal and died.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bromides, sulphonal, veronal are hypnotics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Luminal, developed in Germany during the last ten years, belongs to the same chemical group of drugs as chloral and veronal.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hypnogen is apparently identical with veronal.

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