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(obsolete) A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate. quotations
The subcommittee's report to the Council on Pharmacy and Chemistry shows that the action of somnos is practically identical with that of a 5 per cent elixir of hydrated chloral.
1906, JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 47, pages 872–875