As the secretion diminishes, dry powders, such as calomel, sulphates of iron, copper, etc., may prove of most advantage. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Now we select in such conditions calomel for two reasons. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Grandmother would not have objected to a pound of calomel!. From Wordnik.com. [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference
We read of "purging gently" with a teaspoonful of calomel. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
Castor oil or calomel are the two best cathartics for this purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The best means for this purpose, if it is immediately procurable, is calomel. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Since calomel acts chemically through the blood it is the cathartic indicated. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The remedy is, under such circumstances, a trustworthy substitute for calomel, or blue pill. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
If the bowels are not loose, give a teaspoonful of castor oil or one or two grains of calomel. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
On first coming he had found more people being killed by calomel and jalap than by the plague. From Wordnik.com. [Round Anvil Rock A Romance] Reference
They have a bilious look, as if, in case of illness, their only hope would lie in calomel and jalap. From Wordnik.com. [Western Characters or Types of Border Life in the Western States] Reference
Castor oil, calomel, and other frequently-used cathartics should never be used in simple constipation. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The following vermifuge can be recommended: Santonin three to five grains, calomel five to eight grains. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Take one part calomel, five parts of wheat flour, one part sugar, and one-tenth of a part of ultramarine. From Wordnik.com. [Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889] Reference
It is best given combined with soda; every drug store carries tablets of calomel and soda for this reason. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol 2 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
Lord Mayor's coach at civic ceremonies, calomel in modern medicine, or silver forks in the fashionable novels. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 371, May 23, 1829] Reference
He prepares a chemical extract of the fruit and plant which will, he feels assured, depose calomel for the future. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
We prefer the administration of oil or aloes to horses, Glauber's or Epsom salts to ruminants, and calomel to dogs. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
If calomel is not procurable at once give castor oil, two teaspoonfuls to an infant, one tablespoonful to an older child. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Volume IV. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
The bowels should be opened with calomel or other cathartic; two-fifths of a grain for an adult, half a grain for a child. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
One of my medical friends with whom calomel was as a sheet-anchor often asserted that babies would actually get fat on it. From Wordnik.com. [The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure] Reference
It is often seen following measles and scarlet fever, and in the poor and ill nourished, and after the unwise use of calomel. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI)] Reference
I remember when people wasn't given nothin 'but blue mass, calomel, castor oil and gruel, and every body was healthier than they is now. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7] Reference
Then he tried calomel, and he said that he had resolved on opening his temporal artery if his pulse had kept as rapid as at first it was. From Wordnik.com. [Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman] Reference
And one of his most famous cases, the Wolf-Man, later told an interviewer that his physical problems stemmed from being given a mercury compound called calomel. From Wordnik.com. [Deirdre Imus: The Age of Autism] Reference
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