sal volatile

• Terme désuet pour le carbonate d'ammonium, historiquement utilisé comme sel odorant pour ranimer une personne évanouie ou soulager les maux de tête. Cette expression est rarement employée dans le langage courant moderne.

An old-fashioned term for ammonium carbonate, historically used as a smelling salt to revive someone who has fainted or to relieve headaches. The phrase is rarely used in modern everyday language.

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   A historical medicinal preparation containing ammonium carbonate, used to revive someone who has fainted or feels faint.

   sel volatil

   • The nurse held a bottle of sal volatile under the patient's nose.
   • In Victorian times, ladies often carried sal volatile for fainting spells.
   • He was revived with a dose of sal volatile after collapsing.