> In films, I have several times seen people be knocked unconscious, or lost 
> consciousness for some other reason, only to be brought back round by 
> another person making them sniff some chemical.  Whatever chemical it is 
> seems to work almost instantly to make them awake again.
>
> Question: Does such a substance exist in real life?  What is it?

Once when I was getting surgery on part of my back, I started feeling light 
headed (I don't handle surgery or needles or anything like that very well). 
I told the nurse and she put something under my nose and told me to breathe 
in hard. I didn't get a very good look at it but it was the size and shape 
of a tootsie roll. Anyway, when I breathed in it burned my throat and made 
me cough really hard, but I immediately felt *way* better. I don't know if 
that was smelling salts or not.

It happened again during the same surgery, and even though I knew how 
unpleasant it was I breathed in really hard because of how well it had 
worked the first time.

Actually, I'm wondering if it's commonly available or if it has negative 
side effects.

 - Slime
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