- Laxatives,
purgatives, or
aperients are
substances that
loosen stools and
increase bowel movements. They are used to
treat and
prevent constipation. Laxatives...
-
complicated by the treatments,
including multiple doses of calomel, a
purgative, and
extensive bloodletting which likely caused hypovolemic shock. Washington...
-
Galen (2nd
century AD)
disagreed with the use of
surgery and
recommended purgatives instead.
These recommendations largely stood for 1000 years. In the 15th...
-
vision of God; deification;
union with God The
three aspects later became purgative, illuminative, and
unitive in the
western churches and
prayer of the lips...
- as pogroms.
Sometimes the word is used to
describe publicly sanctioned purgative attacks against non-Jewish groups. The
characteristics of a
pogrom vary...
-
inscribed with
writing that "[set]
forth [the
price of]
vegetables and
purgatives for the
workmen there were paid out over
sixteen hundred talents." The...
- English/Old
French espurge ("to purge"), due to the use of the plant's sap as a
purgative. The
botanical name
Euphorbia derives from Euphorbos, the Gr**** physician...
-
resemble recognized mercury poisoning."
Mercury was once
prescribed as a
purgative. Many mercury-containing
compounds were once used in medicines. These...
- as aragvadha,
meaning "disease killer". The
fruit pulp is
considered a
purgative, and self-medication or any use
without medical supervision is strongly...
- been
believed useful as a
treatment for malaria, an abortifacient, a
purgative, or
smoked to
relieve asthma.
Babaco Contreras, A. (2016). "Carica papaya"...
