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Definition of Astringents
1. astringent [n] - See also: astringent
Medical Definition of Astringents
1. Agents that cause contraction, usually locally after topical application. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Astringents
Literary usage of Astringents
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Therapeutics: Its Principles and Practice by Horatio Charles Wood (1908)
"Astringents are those drugs which cause contraction of living tissues. ...
The action of astringents is always a local one,—ie, produced not through the ..."
2. A Treatise on the Venereal Disease by John Hunter, Freeman Josiah Bumstead, Ph. Ricord (1859)
"One thing, however, I think I may assert from reasoning, that to use astringents
would be bad practice, as they would rather tend to prevent the discharge ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1889)
"ACTION OF Astringents. Any series of experiments which will throw light upon the
action of such astringents as are most frequently employed, ..."
4. Materia medica for nurses by Aaron Samuel Blumgarten (1920)
"PART X—DRUGS ACTING PRINCIPALLY ON THE SKIS AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES LOCAL REMEDIES
CHAPTER XXXI Astringents Astringents are drugs which are used to contract ..."
5. Essentials of materia medica, therapeutics and prescription writing by Henry Morris (1906)
"Astringents. What are astringents ? Astringents are remedies employed to ...
How may the astringents be classified ? They are divided into vegetable and ..."
6. Lectures on materia medica and therapeutics by John Brodhead Beck (1856)
"Astringents. THE term astringent is applied to a class of agents which possess
the power of ... The remote effects of astringents are similar in character, ..."
7. A Treatise on the diseases of the eye by William Lawrence (1854)
"To these may be added the local application of stimuli and astringents, ...
Ute of Stimuli and Astringents.—The points which remain to be considered in the ..."
8. Materia Medica: For the Use of Students by John Barclay Biddle (1874)
"In checking morbid discharges from the bowels, astringents, while they diminish
the secretions ... They are divided into Vegetable and Mineral astringents. ..."
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