saleratus
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Treatment.—First wash the body with a strong lie of wood ashes or weak saleratus water, then with an infusion of lobelia.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
I might also mention several other additions, which, like saleratus, it is becoming fashionable to make.
From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)
Should vomiting be a predominant symptom, a small quantity of saleratus, dissolved in spearmint tea, may be given.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Some people use only a tea spoonful of saleratus, to a pint of molasses, but it is much better with more, appearing in point of lightness like sponge cake.
Dissolve a tea spoonful of saleratus, in a tea cup of milk, and strain it into the cake.