aperient

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A question which is frequently asked is as to the desirability or otherwise of giving a toy bitch worm medicine, or an aperient, while she is in pup or just before her babies arrive.

From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Williams, Mrs. Leslie

Diocles the Carystian, in his treatise on the Wholesomes, says that the best of all shell-fish, as aperient and diuretic food, are mussels, oysters, scallops, and cockles.

From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us

He was a little feverish, so I applied a mustard-plaster and gave him some aperient medicine.

From Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa A Graphic Account of the Several Expeditions of Henry M. Stanley into the Heart of the Dark Continent by Headley, Joel Tyler

A mild tonic, as well as an aperient, is plainly indicated soon after the commencement of rot.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert

Bleed freely; diminish the quantity of food; and give an active aperient every second day.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert