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A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.

A medicine which causes vomiting.

A medicine that promotes the menstrual discharge.

himself to applying the results of mere experience or his own observation; especially, in medicine, one who deviates from the rules of science and regular practice; an ignorant and unlicensed pretender; a quack; a charlatan. Among the Greek physicians, those who founded their practice on experience called themselves em…

nce or observation alone, without due regard to science and theory; -- said especially of medical practice, remedies, etc.; wanting in science and deep insight; as, empiric skill, remedies. Empirical formula. (Chem.) See under Formula.

Specifically, a practice of medicine founded on mere experience, without the aid of science or a knowledge of principles; ignorant and unscientific practice; charlatanry; quackery.

A medicine causing constipation.

A medicine that excites the flow of bile. [Obs.] Hoblyn.

hrough the skin, or by direct application to the skin. Endermic method, that in which the medicine enters the system through the skin, being applied either to the sound skin, or to the surface denuded of the cuticle by a blister.

An injection, or clyster, thrown into the rectum as a medicine, or to impart nourishment. Hoblyn.

Applied to the skin without friction; -- said of medicines.

Epidermal; connected with the skin or the bark. Epidermic administration of medicine (Med.), the application of medicine to the skin by friction.

A medicine for the cure of epilepsy.

A medicine that effects a radical cure. Whitlock.

A medicine which eats away extraneous growths; a caustic.

A medicine designed to be snuffed up the nose, to promote discharges of mucus; a sternutatory. Coxe. -- a.

A medicine which provokes appetites, or causes hunger. [Obs.]

f practice in respect to a single class of human actions; as, political or social ethics; medical ethics. The completeness and consistency of its morality is the peculiar praise of the ethics which the Bible has taught. I. Taylor.

low tears, produced chiefly by the African Euphorbia resinifrea. It was formerly employed medicinally, but was found so violent in its effects that its use is nearly abandoned.

The branch of medical science which teaches the method of acquiring a good habit of body. [Obs.]