"Saleratus" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... sensation in No emetic Saleratus; Nitric, mouth, throat, and chalk; soap; plaster from Sulphuric (vitriol), stomach; blisters the wall; lime; magnesia; Oxalic. about mouth; vomiting; baking soda (3 or 4 great weakness teaspoonfuls ...
— A Practical Physiology • Albert F. Blaisdell
... whole lump." That passage has always relieved my feelings about the old patriarchs; for it's a proof that they and their families had raised bread in those old Bible times; and light bread, even if saleratus has to be used, is a blessing on the domestic hearth. For that reason, I'm astonished that bread-making is left to men-bakers here in York. But this passage sometimes puts you in mind of something beside turnpike emptins. I should like to promulgate some genuine old-fashioned ideas ...
— Phemie Frost's Experiences • Ann S. Stephens |
