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GREGORY'S POWDER

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Definitions of GREGORY'S POWDER

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The official compound powder of rhubarb composed of 5 parts of rhubarb root and 2 of ginger, each in No. 60 powder, and 13 of calcined magnesia.
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1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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