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- proper noun A
taxonomic genus , withinsubfamily Melanthieae - the false hellebores.
Etymologies
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Examples
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_Veratrum_ and _Phos. acid_, given alternately, at intervals, as frequently as the discharges from the bowels occur, will generally be sufficient.
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This last medicine may be given in alternation with either of the others, but is most frequently indicated in connection with _Veratrum.
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_Veratrum_ should be given in alternation with Camphor, a dose in four to six hours for several days, or oftener if he feels any symptoms like
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_Phos. acid_ and _Veratrum_ alternately, as often as the discharges occur.
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If the suppression has been caused by sudden fright or any strong mental emotion, _Veratrum_ should be given in connection with the two former medicines.
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In a large majority of cases, _Veratrum_, if given in the early stages of the disease, will arrest it at once, and in many chronic diarrhoeas of weeks or months standing, it is the surest remedy.
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_Arsenicum_ in alternation as often as the vomiting occurs, and if the diarrhoea continues give _Veratrum_ between the doses of the other two, in a violent case, as often as every ten to fifteen minutes, and at longer intervals when the disease is slow in its progress.
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_Veratrum_, _Uvularia_, and _Colchicum_ are, perhaps, the more familiar, and the last-mentioned genus is a very nearly allied one.
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For the cramping, _Cuprum_ and _Veratrum_ are the remedies to be given alternately.
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In the early stages of the diarrhoea, _Veratrum_, taken about twice as often as the evacuations occur, will frequently arrest it in a few hours, especially if the patient lies down and keeps quiet.
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