aperient
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An infusion of this herb acts as an aperient, and promotes the secretions.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
No time should be lost: the aperient must be given immediately; warm injections must be thrown into the rectum, and the teats must be industriously drawn, to solicit the secretion of milk.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Cascara, kas′ka-ra, n. the Cascara sagrada, a Californian bark used as a tonic aperient: the Cascara amarga, a bitter Honduras bark.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The old Lady Webster dinner pill is an excellent tonic aperient.
From Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. by Warfield, Louis Marshall
Given in doses of half an ounce of the powdered bark, it acts as an aperient, and is good wherever an aperient is indicated.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
