The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sulphonal \Sul"pho*nal\, n. (Med.) A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone.
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of sulfonal English)
Usage examples of "sulphonal".
I am obliged to keep something, sulphonal or chloral, by me, on purpose.
Morphia, opium, cannabis Indica, cocaine, heroin, veronal and sulphonal act less equally, need larger doses, tempt more rapidly to increase of dose, and, where the patient knows what drug he has taken, lead, in a certain proportion of cases, very quickly to an ineradicable habit.
Quinine for the regular morning and evening doses, sulphonal and trional for insomnia, ether for injections in case of anemia after hemorrhage, morphine for delirium, citrite of caffeine for weakness of the heart, tincture of valerian for the tympanites, bismuth to relieve nausea and vomiting, and the crushed ice wrapped in flannel cloths for the cold pack in the event of hyperpyrexia.