earthiness

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Very strong errhines are said sometimes to cure head-achs taken at the times the pain recurs, till a few drops of blood issue from the nostrils.

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

Turpeth mineral in the quantity of one grain mixed with ten grains of sugar answers every purpose to be expected from errhines.

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

Could such a discharge be produced by strong errhines, and excite an absorption of the congestion of lymph in the dropsy of the brain?

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

Violent errhines invert the nasal lymphatics, and those of the frontal and maxillary sinuses.

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

The mucus of the nostrils is increased by errhines of the milder kind, as marum, common snuff.

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