vermifuge
Americanadjective
noun
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He remembered hearing that vermifuge cures dogs of the "fits" and he saw no reason why it should not work on humans.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a dingy courtroom stinking of vermifuge, at Mays Landing, N. J., last week, two petty criminals stood before the bar of justice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Finally, the treatment of that over-rated bugbear in the way of diseases, "Worms," is easily summarised thus—Meat feeding; an iron tonic; a vermifuge after the tonic course, and not before.
From A Manual of Toy Dogs How to breed, rear, and feed them by Mrs. Leslie Williams
Professor Paresi, of Athens, when he was in Abyssinia, happened to discover that ordinary cocoanut possesses vermifuge qualities in a high degree.
From Health, Happiness, and Longevity Health without medicine: happiness without money: the result, longevity by Louis Philippe McCarty
A tea-spoonful of the powdered seeds, given in a tea of snakeroot, is a good vermifuge: it will, however, require repeated doses, and they should be given at least an hour before the morning meal.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by George Dadd
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