calomel

• The monkey has now in his jaws more than a hundred grains of calomel, and unless you get it from him, he will die to a certainty Literally, the quantity Jacko had purloined, had it been prescribed, would have been ordered in these terms Rx Hydrargyri submuriatis, 3ij. —  The Lieutenant and Commander
• A trip to the medical doctor in September of 1895 could involve the taking of medicines such as calomel (mercury chloride) or tarter emetic to induce vomiting or create a laxative effect, or if one suffered a cough, a dose of opium could calm it quick. —  Chiropractic News
• The assistant surgeon's deputy visited them once a day and brought them each a huge dose of calomel, the only medicine, according to his surviving victim, which he was acquainted with Tęte Rouge woke one morning, and turning to his companion, saw his eyes fixed upon the beams above with the glassy stare of a dead man. —  Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
• For medicines dey give us asafiddy (asafetida), calomel, and castor oil more dan anything else for our diff'unt ailments Marse David's nephew, Mr. Henry Bell, visited at de big house durin' de war, and he was cut down jus' a few days atter he left us and went back to de battlefield Us had been hearin' fust one thing and another 'bout freedom might come, when one mornin' Mr. Will Bell, a patteroller, come ridin' on his hoss at top speed thoo' de rye field whar us was at wuk. —  Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2
• In those days I was, as my mother said, almost brought up on calomel--and she might have added quinine. —  Memoirs

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