chloral hydrate
noun
: a bitter white crystalline drug C2H3Cl3O2 used as a hypnotic and sedative or in knockout drops
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If administered with alcohol, chloral hydrate is the active ingredient of what was then commonly called a 'Mickey Finn'—knockout drops.
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Town & Country, 28 July 2023
Bleeding and mercury have had their day; cod liver oil and chloral hydrate are already on the wane; alcohol and bullock's blood are now in vogue among the Parisians—the former for fevers and all inflammatory affections, and the latter for anaemia and pulmonary phthisis.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The toxicologist determined that Monroe ingested a lethal dose of Nembutal, a drug that is used to treat anxiety, as well as a large dose of chloral hydrate, a drug used as a sedative.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
Town & Country, 28 July 2023
Bleeding and mercury have had their day; cod liver oil and chloral hydrate are already on the wane; alcohol and bullock's blood are now in vogue among the Parisians—the former for fevers and all inflammatory affections, and the latter for anaemia and pulmonary phthisis.
—Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2022
The toxicologist determined that Monroe ingested a lethal dose of Nembutal, a drug that is used to treat anxiety, as well as a large dose of chloral hydrate, a drug used as a sedative.
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 28 Sep. 2022
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“Chloral hydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chloral%20hydrate. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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