单词 | sal volatile |
释义 | sal volatilen. Ammonium carbonate, esp. an aromatic solution of this used as a restorative in fainting fits. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > restoratives, tonics, or stimulants > [noun] > restoratives for faintness swooning-water1574 sal volatile1654 melancholy water1670 salt of hartshorn1680 sal1706 salt1740 eau-de-Luce1756 restorative1825 smelling-salts1841 salts-bottle1847 Preston salts1858 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iv. v. 197 'Tis that fire, that sal volatile which makes them of so strange agility. 1709 Female Tatler No. 16/3 Betty ran for a Glass of Water, her Sister, for the Sal-Volatile. 1716 A. Pope Further Acct. E. Curll 19 A sufficient Quantity of the vivifying Drops, Or Byfield's Sal Volatile. 1833 Penny Cycl. I. 458/1 A preparation called in the Pharmacopœia, Spiritus Ammoniæ Aromaticus, and commonly Spirit of Sal Volatile. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 124 Let me send for a glass of wine or some sal-volatile. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1654 |
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