DRAUGHT

n. Dra3ft. From A.-S. dragon, to draw. Lat., haustus (3d (let.), potio (3d def.). Fr., potion (3d def.). Ger., Trank chen (3d def.). It., pozione (3d def.). Sp., potion (3d def.). 1. A drawing or a drawing sensation. 2. An application that draws the blood to a part, especially a mustard plaster. 3. A liquid medicinal preparation, especially one that is to be taken all at once, also the amount of liquid taken into the stomach by a single act of swallowing. Ague-d'. A d. to ward off a paroxysm of intermittent fever: of the British Army in the Peninsular campaigns, one composed of 60 drops of laudanum and 1 drachm of ether, diluted with water. [D, 122.] Ant emetic d., Anti-emetic d. Lat., haustus ant emetic us (seu anti-emetic us). Fr., potion anti-emetiqiie. A d. to prevent or check vomiting; of several old pharmacopeias, a mixture of various proportions of pota ium carbonate, tartaric acid or lemon-juice, sugar, and water. Anti scrofulous d. Fr.. potion antiscrofuleuse. 1. Of Ratier, a solution of 1 part of ammonium carbonate in 16 parts of tincture of gentian. [B, 97 (o, 14).] 2. Of Kiemann, a solution of 1 part of calcium chloride in 8 parts of tincture of calamus. [B, 119.] Black d. See Infusum SENN^E compos i tum. Chopart's d. See POTION de Chopart. Effervescing d. Fr., potion effervescente. Ger., auf bra us ender Trank. It., pozione effervescente. Sp., potion efervescente. A d. made with either sodium or pota ium carbonate or bicarbonate and a vegetable acid (usually citric acid or lemon-juice). It is kept in tightly corked bottles, or is prepared at the moment of using, so as to form an extemporaneous solution of sodium or pota ium citrate in water charged with gaseous carbon dioxide. Preparations called by this name are the mistura pota i i citratis of the U. S. Ph., the poA, ape; A2, at; A3, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch, loch (Scottish); [s. 616]