volatile salt
Britishnoun
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Preparations of volatile salt, spirit, gelatine, essence, etc., are made from them, and are very useful in epilepsy and hœmorrhage.
From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various
In the beginning of the experiment, a volatile salt was therefore collected in a dry form in the receiver, and afterwards dissolved into spirit.
From Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances by Black, Joseph
The volatile salt should be put into a tin canister, with two pipes like horns from the top of it, one to suck the air from, and the other to admit it.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
This ammonia combines with part of the carbonic acid gas and forms carbonate of ammonia, a very volatile salt which rapidly changes to a vapor and is lost in the atmosphere.
From The First Book of Farming by Goodrich, Charles Landon
Subsequently, Clayton "vomited him" every other day and made him take volatile salt of amber between vomitings.
From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor
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