emetic
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The following formulæ would have been more befitting:—Calomel, half a grain, Tartar Emetic, half a grain, repeated with intermissions of an hour, till a vomit was secured.
From The Dog by Dinks
Emetic with lead; none with copper and iron; white of eggs in abundance with copper; with iron and lead give epsom salts freely; afterwards, oils, flour, and water.
From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.
Those who are afraid of taking this Medicine, which is usually called, the Emetic, may take that of Nº.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)
Tartar Emetic or other Antimonial Poisons.—If vomiting is not present, induce it by an emetic.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
In some Cases we gave the Antimonial Powder, made of one Part of Tartar Emetic, and ten of the pulvis e chelis, in small Doses, from two to four Grains every four or six Hours.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
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