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It seems almost tasteful next to an MSN take: “Taylor Momsen Vomits On-Stage, Wants to Be Kurt Cobain.”

From New York Times • May 16, 2010

He was ordered some Vomits, and a Purge, and cooling Medicines, and afterwards to take the Bark freely; but his Stomach rejected it, in whatever Form it was given.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

I have not spoken of Vomits or Purges, as being directly contrary to the Nature of this Disease.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Besides viscid Humours, which Vomits bring away from the biliary Passages, how often are Gall Stones likewise found in the Stools after the Operation of a Vomit?

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

Vomits greatly increase the absorption from the cellular membrane, as squill, and foxglove.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus