antimonial
Britishadjective
noun
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Diaphoretics, as aromatic vegetables, essential oils, ether, volatile alcali, neutral salts, antimonial preparations, external heat, exercise, friction, cold water for a time with subsequent warmth, blisters, electric fluid.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
Run over to Mr. Jones's and get a jug of antimonial wine which Mr. Smith left there.
From The Lights and Shadows of Real Life by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)
A third kept open an ulcer on the leg, rubbing in a little antimonial ointment, which I bought at fifty cents, and sold him at five dollars a box.
From The Autobiography of a Quack and the Case of George Dedlow by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
The emetic tartar, or antimonial tartar, is a saline substance, composed of acid of tartar, vegetable alkali, and antimony partially calcined.
From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph
Pills with gum ammoniac. gum guaiac. and antimonial powder were directed, with infus. amar. simpl. twice a day.
From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William
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