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Dover's powder
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What's The Definition Of Dover's powder?
[n] a medicinal powder made essentially of ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dover's powder: Related Terms | Find terms related to Dover's powder: See Also | powder Dover's powder In Webster's Dictionary \Do"ver's Pow"der\ [From Dr. Dover, an English
physician.] (Med.)
A powder of ipecac and opium, compounded, in the United
States, with sugar of milk, but in England (as formerly in
the United States) with sulphate of potash, and in France (as
in Dr. Dover's original prescription) with nitrate and
sulphate of potash and licorice. It is an anodyne
diaphoretic.
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