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Definition of Emmenagogues
1. emmenagogue [n] - See also: emmenagogue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Emmenagogues
Literary usage of Emmenagogues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Pharmacology and Its Applications to Therapeutics and Toxicology by Torald Hermann Sollmann (1922)
"When used in the non-gravid condition, they often increase the menstrual flow,
and are then called emmenagogues. 1. Direct Stimulation of the Uterine Muscle ..."
2. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"Tlie preparations of Iron and of Manganese (especially Potassium Permanganate),
which are the best emmenagogues in chlorotic and anaemic cases. 2. ..."
3. Therapeutics: its principles and practice by Horatio C. Wood (1906)
"emmenagogues are medicines which are employed to promote the menstrual flux. ...
with constipation, aloes should be given along with the other emmenagogues. ..."
4. Modern Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Arthur Albert Stevens (1909)
"emmenagogues are remedies that promote the menstrual flow. ... There are very
few indications for the employment of direct emmenagogues. ..."
5. A Text-book of materia medica, therapeutics and pharmacology by George Frank Butler (1908)
"emmenagogues are remedies which restore or increase the menstrual flow. ...
The principal Direct emmenagogues Ergot, Borax, Digitalis, Rue, Savine, ..."
6. Lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by John Brodhead Beck (1856)
"< emmenagogues. THIS term is applied to a class of medicines which is supposed
... That the operation of the supposed emmenagogues is excessively uncertain, ..."
7. A Treatise on Pharmacy by Edward Parrish (1864)
"emmenagogues. ' No. 75. ... Numerous pills containing aloes, myrrh, and iron,
given under the head of tonics and cathartics, are much used as emmenagogues. ..."
8. Materia Medica and Therapeutics: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by Levi F. Warner (1892)
"emmenagogues are remedies employed to promote the menstrual discharge. ...
Direct or stimulating emmenagogues act, not, as in the case of ..."
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