Antimonial

Antimonials, in pre-modern medicine, were remedies principally containing antimony, used chiefly for emetic purposes. They might also have qualified for cathartic, diaphoretic, or simply alternative uses. Such treatments were considered unparalleled in their strength.[1]

Metaphorical usage

The following passage illustrates the use of the word antimonial to mean emetic in common (as well as medical) terms:

Bumble shook his head, as he replied, "Obstinate people, Mr. Sowerberry; very obstinate. Proud, too, I'm afraid, sir."
"Proud, eh?" exclaimed Mr. Sowerberry with a sneer. "Come, that's too much."
"Oh, it's sickening," replied the beadle. "Antimonial, Mr. Sowerberry!"

— Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist
gollark: Very unreliable.
gollark: They just sort of spontaneously sometimes work?
gollark: Just improve it. The GTech™ system was finally fixed.
gollark: Oh. I ran into a lot of boron underneath my base by accident.
gollark: Why not digitally mine?

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  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chambers, Ephraim, ed. (1728). "article name needed". Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences (first ed.). James and John Knapton, et al.
  • Antimonials.

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References
  1. Frézard, Frédéric; Demicheli, Cynthia; Ribeiro, Raul R. (2009). "Pentavalent Antimonials: New Perspectives for Old Drugs". Molecules. 14 (7): 2317–36. doi:10.3390/molecules14072317. PMC 6254722. PMID 19633606.


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