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Seidlitz powders

noun
1.
An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic.  Synonyms: Rochelle powder, Seidlitz powder.





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... began to drop amongst us, but they did no harm at all. They fell close enough to our troops in many instances, but they were so badly made that they would not explode, or if they did they simply fizzed, and were almost as harmless as seidlitz powders. ...
— Campaign Pictures of the War in South Africa (1899-1900) - Letters from the Front • A. G. Hales


Words linked to "Seidlitz powders" :   cathartic, purgative, physic, aperient


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