Dover's powder
English
Etymology
From Dr. Thomas Dover, an English physician.
Noun
Dover's powder (countable and uncountable, plural Dover's powders)
- (medicine, dated) A powder of ipecac and opium formerly used to treat colds and fevers.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for Dover's powder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)