emett

An obsolete form of emmet. emetia (e-me's hi-a), n. [NL., emetic (e-met'ik), a. and n. [Formerly emetick; = F. émétique = Sp. emético = Pg. It. emetico, The violent emetick and cathartick properties of antimony. Boyle , Works, II. 123. powerful emetic qualities, and a noted quack medicine in Emetic weed, the Lobelia in flat a, a plant po e ing some parts of the United States. II. n. A medicine that induces vomiting. Indirect emetics , which excite vomiting by their action on the medulla oblong at a, act also on other parts of the nervous system. Quain, Med. Dict. emetical (ē-met'i-kal), a. [ emetic . [Rare.] emetically (e-met'i-kal-i), adv . In such a manner as to excite vomiting. We have not observed a well-prepared medicine of duly refined silver to work emetically even in women and girls. Boyle, Works, I. 330. emeticize (ē-met'i-sīz), v. t.; pret. and pp. emet icized, ppr. emetic i zing. [ Eighty out of the 100 patients became thoroughly ill; 20 were unaffected. The curious part of it is that, with very few exceptions, the 80 emetic i sed subjects were men, while the strong-nerved few who were not to be caught with chaff were women. Philadelphia Ledger , Dec. 31, 1887.