The antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia and in smelling salts.
a carbonate of ammonium; used in the manufacture of smelling salts and baking powder and ammonium compounds.
When someone is knocked out in the ring, smelling salts are used to bring a boxer to.
In America a taxrebate landed in people’s bank accounts in May and acted like a dose of smelling salts on a groggy bruiser.