veronal
Early sleeping pill
Veronal is a trade name for barbital, one of the earliest barbiturate sedatives, used in the early twentieth century to treat insomnia and anxiety.
The drug fell out of favor as safer alternatives emerged and its potential for overdose and addiction became clear.
It appears in period literature and historical accounts of poisonings and suicides.
Sedative drug class
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- sedativeDrug promoting calm
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
- prescriptionMedical dispensing authorization
medication · depressant · psychoactive · anxiolytic · anticonvulsant · pharmacology · toxicity · overdose
Persistent inability to rest
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
- sedationDrug-induced calm state
hypnosis · rest · unconsciousness · anesthesia · dreams · nighttime · bedtime · fatigue
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- patent medicineTrademarked unproven remedy
- historicalOf documented times
- fin-de-siècleCentury's closing period
Victorian · nostalgic · antiquated · obsolete · superseded · pre-war · dated · classic
barbiturate
Sedative drug class
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- sedativeDrug promoting calm
- pharmaceuticalManufactured medicinal compound
prescription · medication · depressant · psychoactive · anxiolytic · anticonvulsant · pharmacology · toxicity · overdose · addiction
insomnia
Persistent inability to rest
- somnolenceAbnormal urge to doze
- drowsinessState of near-sleep
- slumberLight, restful unconsciousness
sedation · hypnosis · rest · unconsciousness · anesthesia · dreams · nighttime · bedtime · fatigue · sleeplessness
Edwardian
Of early twentieth-century Britain
- apothecaryHistorical medicine preparer
- patent medicineTrademarked unproven remedy
- historicalOf documented times
fin-de-siècle · Victorian · nostalgic · antiquated · obsolete · superseded · pre-war · dated · classic · period
veronalstimulant
Alertness-boosting drug
amphetamine · caffeine · methamphetamine · cocaine · Benzedrine