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- noun (Med.) An extract made from ergot.
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- noun medicine An
extract made fromergot .
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Examples
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OVARIAN SEDATIVE: Lupulin, ten grains; ergotin, five grains; scutellarin, ten grains; zinc bromide, two grains.
Searchlights on Health The Science of Eugenics B. G. Jefferis
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At the end of three weeks, I supplemented this treatment by the administration of ergotin and nux vomica.
The Electric Bath George M. Schweig
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Mrs. Stevenson had always a small bottle of ergotin and a minim glass in readiness; these she brought in order to administer the prescribed quantity.
The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez 1895
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The use of small doses of atropin and ergotin was recommended by von Bergmann.
Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. Alexander Miles 1893
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If this treatment fails to give relief, the disease will pass into the advanced stages, or, if the animal has been neglected in the early stages, the treatment must be supplanted with the hypodermic injection of ergotin, in 5-grain doses, dissolved in 1 dram of water, every six hours.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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