Meaning of black draught | Babel Free

Definitions

A cathartic medicine composed of senna and magnesia.

archaic, historical

Examples

“He was taken ill in the night—quite prostrate he was—in consequence of Crab; and after being drugged with black draughts and blue pills, to an extent which Demple (whose father was a doctor) said was enough to undermine a horse's constitution, received a caning and six chapters of Greek Testament for refusing to confess.”

“"You medical gentlemen must consult which sort of black draught you will prescribe, eh, Mr. Lydgate?"”

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