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Potassium bromide

Potassium bromide (K Br) 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)

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