"White vitriol" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sick, did give to almost all those to whom he was called, in the beginning before Nature was much weakened, a pretty odd Vomit consisting of eight or ten dramms of Infusion of Crocus Metallorum, and about half a dramm, or much more, of White Vitriol, with such success, that scarce one of ten to whom it was ...
— Experiments and Considerations Touching Colours (1664) • Robert Boyle
... which by their bitter or astringent stimulus increase the action of the stomach, as camomile and white vitriol, if their quantity is increased above a certain dose ...
— Zoonomia, Vol. I - Or, the Laws of Organic Life • Erasmus Darwin |
