| Napoleon had been treated for a long time with tartar emetics, and the day he died he had been given a huge dose of calomer as a purgative. |
| He rejected other common medical practices of his day such as purgatives and emetics with opium and mercury-based calomel. |
| Gastric lavage, emetics, activated charcoal, cathartics, etc., should be used when indicated. |
| In some cities doctors have administered emetics to alleged crack dealers at the request of police or court officials. |
| Wounds were cleaned, broken bones were set, and medicinal emetics were administered. |
| Sometimes strong emetics, such as the seed of the sandbox tree, were used to bring on menstruation. |
