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veronal
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Definition:the first commercially available barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid (hypnotic) from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbitone are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; hence, the sodium salt (known as medinal, a genericised trademark in the United Kingdom) is known also as sodium diethylbarbiturate.text from Wikpedia, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike---1. A barbiturate, diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid; barbitol, used formerly to induce sleep.text from Wiktionary, licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike
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"If I were doing away with myself I'd take an overdose of veronal—something like that—[...]"
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Harold had suggested they try a whole grain of Veronal, available at any drugstore, and if that interrupted the dream-cycle, that they cut back to three quarters of a grain, and if that worked to half.
Stephen King. The Stand (1990)
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I have always said — and have proved by experiment — that the most powerful soporific is sleep itself. After having slept profoundly for two hours, having fought against so many giants, and formed so many lifelong friendships, it is far more difficult to awake than after taking several grammes of veronal.
Marcel Proust. In Search of Lost Time [volume 4]
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