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Emetics and cathartics I shall not administer, because I am sure you do not want them; but for alteratives you must expect a great many; and I can tell you that I have a number of NOSTRUMS, which I shall communicate to nobody but yourself.
Letters to his son on The Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman 2005
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_ -- Emetics, stimulants, inhalation of ether, recumbent position.
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Emetics are: three-teaspoonfuls of mustard in pint of tepid water; salt and water, two tablespoonfuls to pint of warm water.
Rhymes of the Rookies W. E. Christian
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_ -- Emetics or stomach-pump if the patient is deeply anæsthetized.
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_Tobacco: _ -- Emetics, frequent draughts of cold water; camphor and brandy.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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_ -- Emetics, stimulants, hypodermic injection of 1/25 grain of strychnine.
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_ -- Emetics; hypodermic injection of 1/50 grain sulphate of atropine, repeated if necessary.
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_ -- Emetics, purgatives, stimulants, with hypodermic injections of strychnine and atropine along with stimulants.
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Emetics are those medicines which produce vomiting.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 Barkham Burroughs
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Emetics should immediately be administered to throw the poison off the stomach, then hot, strong coffee should be given.
On the Trail An Outdoor Book for Girls Lina Beard 1888
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