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He was struck with the smell of mothballs as he opened them.
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The trailer's interior smelled of mothballs, pine disinfectant, and old cigarette smoke.
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The doctors said it was naphthalene poisoning, from the chemicals in the mothballs.
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Z: "Will you also call at the chemist's and get me some naphthaline?"
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It is said, however, that a Strasbourg physician has found in naphthaline an absolutely trustworthy remedy.
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There is a smell of naphthaline.
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This again points to the probability of an odour, although this is contradicted by my experiment with the naphthaline.
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Some contained naphthaline; others the essential oil of spike-lavender; others petroleum, and others a solution of alkaline sulphur giving off a stench of rotten eggs.