aperient

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The sulphate of quinia, in moderate doses, three or four times a day, with the usual attention to the febrile changes, gentle aperients, effervescent and acidulous drinks, taking care to prevent acridness in the stomach.

From Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party by Delany, Martin Robison

The bowels should be kept open by mild aperients, in order that every source of irritation may be removed from the intestinal canal.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

An almost universal error among women is the supposition that everybody must have the bowels opened once in every twenty-four hours or must fly immediately to aperients.

From Notes on Nursing What It Is, and What It Is Not by Nightingale, Florence

Treatment.—In all ordinary cases of chicken-pox—and it is very seldom it assumes any complexity—the whole treatment resolves itself into the use of the warm bath, and a course of gentle aperients.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

Castor oil, senna, jalap, jalapine, and scammony are simple aperients.

From The Mother's Manual of Children's Diseases by West, Charles