seidlitz powders

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seidlitz powders - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Seidlitz \Seid"litz\, a.
     Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written
     also Sedlitz.]
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Seidlitz powders, effervescing salts, consisting of two
        separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of
        sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of Rochell? salt
        (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and the other contains
        thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders are mixed
        in water, and drunk while effervescing, as a mild
        cathartic; -- so called from the resemblance to the
        natural water of Seidlitz. Called also Rochelle powders.
        
  
     Seidlitz water, a natural water from Seidlitz, containing
        magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with
        calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is
        used as an aperient.
        [1913 Webster]

seidlitz powders - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Seidlitz powders
      n 1: an effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and
           Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic [syn:
           Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder]