Victorian Smelling Salts

Origin
Lavender salts, or smelling salts, were a common remedy in the 18th-19th century. It was used to revive those that fainted. The salts are actually ammonium carbonate. It was believed to be a mixture of tight corsets, and learned helplessness that caused women to faint frequently in the Victorian era. To revive the person, the bottles were placed underneath their noses to allow them to inhale a small dose of the ammonia gas.

Effects
When administered to a person that is either unconscious, sleeping, comatose, dazed, or otherwise not-alert the subject will instantly awaken. Some patients have reported mild headaches after use.

Collection
Collected by H.G. after a string of comatose women were suddenly awaked in a hospital in Wales.