Dover's powder
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Dover's powder
(dō′vərz)n. A powdered drug containing ipecac and opium, formerly used to relieve pain and induce perspiration.
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Dover’s Powder
Pseudomedicine
A patent medicine containing opium and ipecac that was sold in the late 1800s by Parke-Davis & Co in the American frontier.Segen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
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