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Definition of Errhines
1. errhine [n] - See also: errhine
Lexicographical Neighbors of Errhines
Literary usage of Errhines
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1898)
"... through the nasal branches of the fifth nerve, than errhines, and their value
has, I think, been too much forgotten in recent practice. ..."
2. Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and by Francis Peyre Porcher (1869)
"73, alludes to this species as one of the strongest of the vegetable errhines—the
roots and leaves being used. "The fresh leaves applied to the nostrils ..."
3. A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy by John Murray (1810)
"The discharge, as produced by different errhines, varies in extent, and in the
time during which it continues. Some also occasion a sense of heat, ..."
4. Elements of General Pathology by John Fletcher, John James Drysdale (1842)
"The errhines are useful principally in chronic ophthalmia ... The demulcents,
the tendency of which is to thicken * The use of errhines and ..."
5. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy and Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1846)
"Q. What are these? — A. Medicines which promote the secretion of saliva ; as
tobacco, or any substance or root when chewed. errhines, Q What are ..."
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