Potassium bromide

Potassium bromide (KBr) is a salt, used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative[?] in the 1800s. In a dilute aqueous solution, potassium bromide tastes sweet, at higher concentration it tastes bitter, and when most concentrated it tastes salty to humans.

External Resources

• Taylor, Rattray Gordon. The Natural History of the Mind. ISBN 0-525-16424-3, 1979 E. P. Dutton. pp.181
• Potassium bromide handout (http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/vcpl/publications/Kbr_handout.htm)