POTASSIUM AND SODIUM TARTRATE
\pətˈasi͡əm and sˈə͡ʊdi͡əm tˈɑːtɹe͡ɪt], \pətˈasiəm and sˈəʊdiəm tˈɑːtɹeɪt], \p_ə_t_ˈa_s_iə_m a_n_d s_ˈəʊ_d_iə_m t_ˈɑː_t_ɹ_eɪ_t]\
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Rochelle salts; a double salt, C4H4NaKO6 + 4H2O, forming colorless, transparent, rhombic crystals, odorless, of saline taste, and quite soluble in water. It is nearly always used in solution. In small doses it is a diuretic and in larger doses a mild hydragogue cathartic. It is much used as a cathartic
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
