emetic
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The root is the part used in medicine, it is knotty, contorted, and annulated, and of a grayish-brown color, and its emetic properties are due to a chemical principle called emetin.
From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William
Monro has observed remarkable results from the hypodermic injection of emetin hydrochloride in ½-grain doses.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
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