aperient

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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

An old-fashioned piece of advice in distemper, and one always given, was that at the outset of the disease a dose of castor oil, or some other aperient, should be administered.

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

Acting on this idea, I administered five grains of iodide of potassium, and thirty grains of bicarbonate of potassium, four times every twenty-four hours, after giving a moderate saline aperient.

From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Anstie, Francis E.

Seidlitz, sēd′litz, adj. saline water of or from Seidlitz in northern Bohemia, also a saline aperient powder.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

After male-fern capsules it is quite unnecessary to give any aperient.

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