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
Tartar Emetic or other Antimonial Poisons.—If vomiting is not present, induce it by an emetic.
From Papers on Health by Kirk, Edward Bruce
This favored The Rogue; told against the fast sprinters Swallow and Emetic.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)
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.
But if Emetic could not spread-eagle the field, she could set a pace that would try the stamina and lungs of Pegasus.
From Garrison's Finish : a romance of the race course by Ferguson, W. B. M. (William Blair Morton)
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