And around 1817, Randel, who seemed to be having liver trouble, received large doses of mercury as a laxative.
Bruni candidly writes of his weight struggles, which included bulimia, laxative abuse, and junk-food binges.
The food should be appetizing, nutritious, and of a laxative nature.
As they have laxative powers, they help to purify the blood up to a limit.
Alkaloids and drugs used for a laxative effect were not found.
Administered to invalids it is cooling, refreshing, and laxative.
It is also important to give the cow a sloppy, laxative diet.
This article acts on all classes of animals, as a laxative and antacid.
If he is prescribing a laxative, he states just when it should be taken and when its effects may be expected.
Women seem to drink it as a beverage, as a stimulant, as a laxative, and also as a diuretic.
late 14c., from Old French laxatif (13c.), from Medieval Latin laxativus "loosening," from Latin laxatus, past participle of laxare "loosen," from laxus "loose, lax" (see lax). The noun meaning "a laxative medicine" is from late 14c.
laxative lax·a·tive (lāk'sə-tĭv)
n.
A food or drug that stimulates evacuation of the bowels. adj.
Stimulating evacuation of the bowels.
