Barbital
a barbiturate compound, c 7 o 3 n 2 h 12 , formerly used as a hypnotic.
historical examples
barbital was introduced into medicine under the proprietary name veronal, and was manufactured in germany by friedr.
the propaganda for reform in proprietary medicines, vol. 2 of 2 various
the council took up the substance in february, 1918, and referred the matter to the referee in charge of barbital preparations.
the propaganda for reform in proprietary medicines, vol. 2 of 2 various
a woman, who had taken morphine and barbital, was found apparently dead after a night’s exposure in some lonely spot.
the grey room eden phillpotts
barbital bar·bi·tal (bär’bĭ-tôl’, -tāl’)
n.
a white crystalline barbiturate used as a sedative and hypnotic, especially in the form of its soluble salt, sodium barbital.
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