SUPPOSITORY

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 4

is a cone-shaped solid preparation containing food or drugs for introduction into the lower bowel. Thoy aro usually pees of cacao butter, beeswax, or gelatine, in order that they may melt at the temperature of the body. As a rule their action is le certain than that of enemata. [s. 414]