First level treatment typically includes flushing with water and where possible the application of a solution of bicarbonate of soda and water.
April 1915 saw the first innovation in protection against chemical warfare: a cotton pad dipped in bicarbonate of soda, but by 1918, troops on both sides had charcoal respirators.
Suppose the ingredients in one particular mixture were very ordinary, such as salt, bicarbonate of soda, dandelions or cloves, and a few things like that.
The ordinary bicarbonate of soda that one takes for wind can produce grave renal damage leading to uraedemia.
There is nothing so indigestible as swallowing one's own words, and no brand of bicarbonate of soda has been invented to help in the process.
What a stodgy diet we would be faced with if bicarbonate of soda were not allowed to be used, baking powder and the rest of it!
Sufferers from peptic ulcers often take an alkali such as bicarbonate of soda to relieve the symptoms, and wash it down with milk.
Bicarbonate of soda, iron and arsenic are the principal ingredients of the waters, which are used both for drinking and bathing.
