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What (who) is smelling salts - definition

AMMONIUM CARBONATE USED IN THE PAST TO RESTORE CONSCIOUSNESS AFTER FAINTING
Aromatic ammonia; Spirit of hartshorn; Smelling salt; Spirits of hartshorn; Smelling Salts; Ammonia inhalant; Spirits of Hartshorn; Spirits of ammonia; Restoratives
  • Two capsules of smelling salts from a first-aid kit. A thin inner glass tube contains alcohol and ammonia; the outer layer is cotton and netting. When crushed, the liquid is released into the cotton, while the glass shards are retained inside. The ammonia-soaked cotton is waved in front of the nose for the treatment of fainting.
  • Flask with smelling salts, used for reviving dental patients after a procedure. French, 18th century.
  • Unconscious Patient (Allegory of Smell)]]'' shows a woman using smelling salts to revive a man who has fainted at the hands of a [[barber-surgeon]].

Smelling salts         
·add. ·- An aromatic preparation of carbonate of ammonia and, often, some scent, to avoid or relieve faintness, headache, or the like.
smelling salts         
A bottle of smelling salts contains a chemical with a strong smell which is used to help someone recover after they have fainted.
N-PLURAL
Smelling salts         
Smelling salts, also known as ammonia inhalants, spirit of hartshorn or sal volatile, are chemical compounds used as stimulants to restore consciousness after fainting.

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Smelling salts

Smelling salts, also known as ammonia inhalants, a spirit of hartshorn or sal volatile, are chemical compounds used as stimulants to restore consciousness after fainting.

Examples of use of smelling salts
1. Bottles of smelling salts were found placed under the noses of the dead couple in a bid to revive them.
2. One man who lay spread–eagled on a doorstep had to be revived by soldiers with smelling salts.
3. There were syringes with used needles, smelling salts, a medical drip and dried blood on the floor and walls.
4. When it comes to meat, never present to us anything with eyes, ears, snout or tail unless the smelling salts are handy.
5. The remarks may have had Ms Hewitt and the brothers and sisters at Unison reaching for the smelling salts but Mr Ribeiro is only speaking the truth.