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Definition of Sialagogues
1. sialagogue [n] - See also: sialagogue
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sialagogues
Literary usage of Sialagogues
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Eclectic Materia Medica & Therapeutics by John Milton Scudder (1898)
"The more stimulating or pungent sialagogues are used as ... sanguin- aria,
mezereon, capsicum, piper, nicotina, etc., are occasionally used as sialagogues. ..."
2. The Medical formulary by Benjamin Ellis (1864)
"THOSE medicines which increase the salivary secretion are denominated sialagogues.
In forming these into a class in this place, we trespass on the ..."
3. The Practitioner's Handbook of Treatment, Or, The Principles of Therapeutics by J. Milner Fothergill (1887)
"sialagogues.—This is a class of agents with which we are not very familiar, and
little can be said about them. All sapid and acrid tasting materials cause ..."
4. Synopsis of the course of lectures on materia medica and pharmacy by Joseph Carson (1855)
"sialagogues. SUBSTANCES which produce salivary discharge are designated by this
... sialagogues act by a local impression, and are productive of beneficial ..."
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