What is NITROUS ETHER?

or SWEET SPIRIT OF NITREA drug, used as a diuretic and stimulant, prepared by the action of nitric acid upon alcohol. It is a yellowish, aromatic, volatile, and inflammable liquid of sp. gr ogoo, boiling at C., soluble in alcohol and ether,

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