Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Rochelle \Ro*chelle"\, n.
   A seaport town in France.

   {Rochelle powders}. Same as {Seidlitz powders}.

   {Rochelle salt} (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and
      potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a
      cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as
      a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an
      apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also {Seignete's
      salt}.

Seidlitz \Seid"litz\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Seidlitz, a village in Bohemia. [Written
   also {Sedlitz}.]

   {Seidlitz powders}, effervescing salts, consisting of two
      separate powders, one of which contains forty grains of
      sodium bicarbonate mixed with two drachms of Rochell? salt
      (tartrate of potassium and sodium) and the other contains
      thirty-five grains of tartaric acid. The powders are mixed
      in water, and drunk while effervescing, as a mild
      cathartic; -- so called from the resemblance to the
      natural water of Seidlitz. Called also {Rochelle powders}.
      

   {Seidlitz water}, a natural water from Seidlitz, containing
      magnesium, sodium, calcium, and potassium sulphates, with
      calcium carbonate and a little magnesium chloride. It is
      used as an aperient.