aperient

A dose of bismuth succeeded the aperient, and then I repeated my question.

It is used as an aperient.

If he needs an aperient we must give him something which is not too irritating to the alimentary canal, such as castor oil.

Would your ladyship care for an aperient?"

It has been recommended for medicinal use, in doses of 2 to 4 grains (0.1 to 0.25 grams), as a bitter tonic and aperient.

The berries are diaphoretic and aperient.

I mention the circumstance here, thinking it probable that this is the first occasion on which the valuable medicine in question was ever used as a conversational aperient.

The Arabs use this medicinally; a small piece placed in a cup of milk, and allowed to stand for a few hours, renders the draught a strong aperient.

For example, a client would ask for an aperient from the nurse who noted lack of bowel action and be told to ask the nurse who did the drugs.

Pouring out a dessert spoonful of the gentle aperient I commonly employ for this ailment, I seized him by the nose and, as his mouth opened in a quest for oxygen, I poured the medicine down his throat.

HUNYADI JANOS the BEST and SAFEST NATURAL APERIENT.

Grieve states, "The berries are considered even more active than the bark, being carminative and antispasmodic, and are used as an aperient and for dyspepsia and indigestion; a fluid extract of the berries being given, in doses of 10 to 30 drops."