stomachic

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There would be bitter agonies to relate—chiefly stomachic.

From Ewing\'s Lady by Wilson, Harry Leon

Apparently this was very distressful to the defendant, for he was instantly seized with violent stomachic pains.

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.

Lady Janet was meanwhile deep in the formation of a stomachic, which, judging from the maid's face as she tasted it, must needs have been of the pungent order.

From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Lever, Charles James

To stimulate and open the bowels, give, also, rhubarb in a decoction, the equivalent of ten or fifteen grains at a dose, accompanied with the ordinary carminative and stomachic adjuvants, ginger and gentian in infusion.

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

Calumba, ka-lum′ba, n. the root of an East African plant, extensively used in medicine as a stomachic and tonic.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various