aperient

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Acting on this idea, I administered five grains of iodide of potassium, and thirty grains of bicarbonate of potassium, four times every twenty-four hours, after giving a moderate saline aperient.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

After male-fern capsules it is quite unnecessary to give any aperient.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

Saline, sā′līn, or sā-līn′, adj. consisting of, or containing, salt: partaking of the qualities of salt.—n. an effervescent powder used as a gentle aperient: a salt-spring.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

Suppose the bowels to be constipated, at the same time the animal is hide-bound, in poor condition, &c.; the aperient must then be combined with tonics, as follows:— Extract of butternut, half an ounce.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Clean out the alimentary canal by means of a powerful aperient.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert