Evacuant medicationP. Blakiston, 1887 - 276 pages |
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... stools are relaxed , but are feculént rather than liquid , and are commonly rendered with but little pain . They do not contain bile , except such as was previously present in the bowel , and Castor oil can- not be depended upon to act ...
... stools are relaxed , but are feculént rather than liquid , and are commonly rendered with but little pain . They do not contain bile , except such as was previously present in the bowel , and Castor oil can- not be depended upon to act ...
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... stools in two to four hours after its ingestion . It is hard to see how Bartholow can liken its action to that of senna , which is the type of a peristaltic stimulant , and gives feculent dejections . It is true , as with senna , that ...
... stools in two to four hours after its ingestion . It is hard to see how Bartholow can liken its action to that of senna , which is the type of a peristaltic stimulant , and gives feculent dejections . It is true , as with senna , that ...
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... stools , etc. , and if there be deficient muscular contractility also in this part of the canal , Jalap ought effectively to meet both indications . For in its power to stimulate peristalsis , though it be sub- ordinate , this purgative ...
... stools , etc. , and if there be deficient muscular contractility also in this part of the canal , Jalap ought effectively to meet both indications . For in its power to stimulate peristalsis , though it be sub- ordinate , this purgative ...
Page 43
... stools are feculent , like those of senna , -senna being a peristaltic stimulant of the small intestine ; -but the aloetic dejections have less fluidity , because the lower tract is less liber- ally supplied with glands . * The ...
... stools are feculent , like those of senna , -senna being a peristaltic stimulant of the small intestine ; -but the aloetic dejections have less fluidity , because the lower tract is less liber- ally supplied with glands . * The ...
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... stools . " Again , - " Aloes has little or no purgative action when given alone as an enema , but is active if mixed with ox - bile . " The latter statement seems unphysiological , for Aloes , whether exhibited by rectum or skin , is ...
... stools . " Again , - " Aloes has little or no purgative action when given alone as an enema , but is active if mixed with ox - bile . " The latter statement seems unphysiological , for Aloes , whether exhibited by rectum or skin , is ...
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