'Seidlitz powders' definitions:
Definition of 'Seidlitz powders'
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noun
An effervescing salt containing sodium bicarbonate and Rochelle salt and tartaric acid; used as a cathartic [syn: Seidlitz powder, Seidlitz powders, Rochelle powder]
Definition of 'Seidlitz powders'
From: GCIDE
- 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]