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For generations, pregnant women have dosed themselves with unpalatable, hazardous potions in desperate, largely unsuccessful efforts to rid their bodies of unwanted fetuses.

From Time Magazine Archive

The rumor persists that Lyme-infected veterinarians have dosed themselves with canine Lyme vaccine not tested in humans.

From Time Magazine Archive

She was skilled in those old woman's remedies which Mr. Sheldon held in such supreme contempt, and she would fain have dosed the invalid with nauseous decoctions of hops, or home-brewed quinine.

From Charlotte's Inheritance by Braddon, M. E. (Mary Elizabeth)

“Roger,” he said, “had you not eaten half a kid an hour gone I would have dosed you for a fever.”

From The Great Mogul by Tracy, Louis

My friend thought that this great man would probably have dosed him well, and, as he added, would not have bothered him about too much sugar, nor forbidden champágne.

From Doctor and Patient by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)