Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bitter glucoside, crystallizing in needles, obtained from
Veronica (Leptandra) Virginica, and probably constituting the active principle of the drug leptandra.
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Examples
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Take leptandrin, forty grains; rhubarb, twenty grains; morphine, four grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Take podophyllin, sixty grains; leptandrin and sanguinaria, ipecac and pure cayenne, each thirty grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Take podophyllin and sanguinaria, of each ten grains; leptandrin, twenty grains; white sugar, forty grains.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Few practitioners know how morphine, quinine, podophyllin, leptandrin, pepsin, or chloroform, are made, or how nauseous drugs are transformed into palatable elixirs; yet they do not hesitate to employ them.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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The employment of podophyllin and leptandrin as substitutes for mercurials has been so successful that they are now used by practitioners of all schools.
The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand Ray Vaughn Pierce 1877
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