aperient
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The above aperient may then be ventured on with safety.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
This medicine is rather constipating; a slight aperient, if only a dose of Carlsbad salts before breakfast or a seidlitz powder, may be taken to counteract it in this respect.
From Boating by Woodgate, W. B.
The aperient action, which it exerts less markedly than other members of its class, renders it useful in the treatment of chronic constipation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
Given in doses of half an ounce of the powdered bark, it acts as an aperient, and is good wherever an aperient is indicated.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Used as an aperient for sheep, in constipation.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
