Veronal
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Between 1913-15 Virginia made several suicide attempts, including trying to jump from a window and overdosing on Veronal, a powerful sedative.
From Newsweek
In 1912, the 24-year-old Eugene O’Neill tried to kill himself with an overdose of Veronal, but botched the job and was found unconscious by friends.
From New York Times
Under these circumstances such drugs as trional, veronal, amylene hydrate, ammonol, etc., may be tried until one is found which produces sleep.
From Project Gutenberg
By that time she had called in her own doctor, veronal had been administered, and the Seraph had sunk into a heavy trance-like slumber.
From Project Gutenberg
The many and varied coal-tar products, of which veronal is the leader, with trional, suphonal, medinal, as close followers, and the numerous proprietary remedies, such as somnose, neuronidia, bromidia, Peacock’s bromides, etc., may be mentioned as preparations which are widely advertised and openly and energetically sold, and all of which are definitely dangerous.
From Project Gutenberg
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