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Ammonia Inhalants - .03 ml - 100 per box


Ammonia inhalants, .03 ml - 100 per box

ITEM/SKU: H5041-AMP / H-5041

Use our ammonia inhalants to prevent or treat fainting. It will pick you up before someone else has to. Contents: Ammonia 15%, Isopropyl alcohol 20%.

Ammonia Inhalants - .03 ml - 10 per box


Ammonia Inhalants - .03 ml - 10 per box

ITEM/SKU: A5009-AMP

To prevent or treat fainting. 0.3 mL ammonia inhalant. A respiratory stimulant for inhalation only. Active ingredients: alcohol 35%, ammonia 15%. Inactive ingredient: alcohol USP, FD&C red dye #40, lavender oil FCC, lemon oil FCC, nutmeg oil FCC, purified water USP.

Background on Smelling Salts

Here's a little background on "smelling salts":

First, a search in the Columbia Encyclopedia via Bartleby.com redirected to the Columbia Encyclopedia entry on ammonia.

Once arriving at that page, about halfway down is a definition of smelling salts:

Ammonium carbonate, (NH3)2CO3·H2O, is a colorless-to-white crystalline solid commonly known as smelling salts; in water solution it is sometimes called aromatic spirits of ammonia.

Want to know a little more about smelling salts? Everyone has seen them used to revive countless athletes when they've been knocked silly, back to the search results to discover how smelling salts actually work...

 

Discovery.com explains why people sit up and take notice when smelling salts are placed beneath their nose: Ammonium carbonate is mixed with perfume to create a stimulant. The ammonia fumes from the salts irritate the membranes of the nose and lungs, which triggers a reflex causing the muscles that control breathing to work faster.

So...now you know about "smelling salts"!

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