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Webster 1913 Edition
Seidlitz
Seid′litz
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia.
[Written also
Sedlitz
.] Seidlitz powders
, effervescing salts, consisting of two separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of Rochell[GREEK] salt (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and the other contains thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders are mixed in water, and drunk while effervescing, as a mild cathartic; – so called from the resemblance to the natural water of Seidlitz. Called also
– Rochelle powders
. Seidlitz water
, a natural water from Seidlitz, containing magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is used as an aperient.