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rsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.)

(D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

ine substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate.

andrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.

A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.

r, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

rranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.

s if ill. The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor.

hich stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]

the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. -- Crab spider (Zoöl.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigradæ); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears c…

A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation. In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.]

Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.

(Med.) A medicine which removes obstructions; an aperient.

the war department; also, in a university, one of the divisions of instructions; as, the medical department; the department of physics.