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purgen
purgen
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Noun
purgen (uncountable)
- (proprietary name, obsolete) A preparation of phenolphthalein, employed as a laxative.
- 1908, Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter, Frederic Huntington Bartlett, Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students, page 498:
- The author considers purgen (phenolphthalein) generally reliable as a cathartic, but one attended with some danger.
- 1908, Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter, Frederic Huntington Bartlett, Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students, page 498: