单词 | dovers powder |
释义 | Dover's powdern. Pharmacology. A preparation of opium and ipecacuanha (pulvis Doveri) used as an anodyne diaphoretic, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > cleansing or expelling medicines > [noun] > diaphoretic > plant-derived Dover's powder1801 strong man's weed1864 1774 Pharm. Coll. Regii Med. Edinb. 158 Pulvis sudorificus, sive Doveri.] 1801 Edinb. New Dispensatory (ed. 6) iii. xxvi. 525/2 Compound Powder of Ipecacuanha, commonly called Dover's powder. 1834 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 23 Apr. 174 A grain and a half of Dover's powder..has sometimes caused extreme anxiety for the safety of children under eight months old. 1887 A. H. Buck Ref. Handbk. Med. Sci. V. 325/1 Dover's Powder..: Powdered Opium 10 parts, Ipecac. 10 parts, Sugar of Milk 80 parts. 1951 A. Grollman Pharmacol. & Therapeutics xxiv. 492 Opium is often added in order to further allay coughing by depressing the center, the well-known Dover's powder being a favorite prescription for this purpose. 1971 D. Clark Sick to Death v. 92 You can get it [sc. ipecacuanha] in Dover's Powders. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1801 |
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