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Chloral hydrate

noun
1.
A colorless crystalline drug used as a sedative; irritates the stomach and can be addictive.






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"Chloral hydrate" Quotes from Famous Books



... of research laboratories in connection with their works.... Whereas the artificial colour industry started in England, that of artificial drugs is entirely of German origin, and may be said to begin with the discovery by Liebig of chloroform in 1831, and of chloral hydrate in 1832.... The composition of the personnel who carry on these German colour works is at the bottom of their success. Take the works of Messrs. Meister, Lucius, und Bruening as an example. In 1913, the composition was as follows: ...
— The Better Germany in War Time - Being some Facts towards Fellowship • Harold Picton



Words linked to "Chloral hydrate" :   depressant, downer, sedative, knockout drops, sedative drug



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