Gentian Sentence Examples

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  • One medical study, using large amounts of gentian violet in rats, found that it could cause cancer.

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  • When the secretion of gastric juice is deficient it may be excited by gastric tonics, such as ten grains of bicarbonate of soda and a drachm of compound tincture of gentian in water shortly before meals, and may be supplemented by the administration of pepsin and hydrochloric acid after meals.

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  • The bitterness is imparted by such substances as bitter orange rind, gentian, rhubarb, quassia, cascarilla, angostura, quinine and cinchona.

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  • Among the abundant wild flowers, look out for the rare autumn gentian.

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  • The color is a gentian blue; the buds of a deeper hue.

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  • Gentian violet, a purple dye, used to be a common remedy.

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  • Although cancer from gentian violet has not been observed in humans, some doctors choose not to recommend it for this reason.

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  • The piercing site is cleaned and marked with Gentian violet or a single use, disposable piercing marker.

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  • This can be done with a single use surgical marker or Gentian violet ink applied with a toothpick.

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  • Plants found in the short turf include Chiltern gentian, dwarf thistle, dropwort, clustered bellflower and the rare clustered bellflower.

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  • Some examples of bitter herbs include greater celandine, wormwood, and gentian.

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  • For pictures of the early gentian, shore dock, or marsh fritillary, please contact the press office.

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  • A final mention was made of the rich blue gentian, in the Ericaceous border.

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  • Local plants include common heather, bell heather, cross-leaved heath, bog asphodel, sundews and marsh gentian.

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  • If not better at all at 4 days, stop the gentian violet, continue with the ointment as below and call.

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  • A woman of bright gentian tresses and rare beauty, promised in marriage to the prince regent of another realm.

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  • Centaury (Erythraea) - Pretty dwarf biennials belonging to the Gentian family.

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  • The piercing site is prepared and cleaned, and the piercer will use a single use surgical marker or a small dot of Gentian violet antiseptic to mark the piercing's placement.

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