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More "Gargle" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... detective, "that it involves names which you would scarcely dare to breathe, at least without first using some kind of atomiser or throat-gargle." ...
— Nonsense Novels • Stephen Leacock
... intermittent fevers, and though itself generally inadequate to the cure often proves serviceable as an adjunct to Peruvian bark or sulphate of quinia." Also used for typhous diseases, in dyspepsia, as a gargle for sore throat, as a mild stimulant in typhoid fevers, and to promote eruptions. The genus derives its scientific name from its supposed efficacy in promoting menstrual discharge, and some species have acquired the "reputation of antidotes ...
— The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees • James Mooney
... What were the names of the five daughters of the Old Person of China, and what was the purpose for which the Old Man of the Dargle purchased six barrels of Gargle? ...
— Nonsense Books • Edward Lear
... head, and the maid retired. "Go away, Olga," said the Archduchess. "And you might," she suggested grimly, "gargle ...
— Long Live the King • Mary Roberts Rinehart
... gamo. Gander anserviro. Gang bando. Ganglion ganglio. Gangrene gangreno. Gaol malliberejo. Gaoler gardisto. Gap brecxo. Gap manko. Gape oscedegi. Garb vesto. Garden gxardeno. Gardener gxardenisto. Gardenia gardenio. Gardening gxardenlaborado. Gargle gargari. Gargle gargarajxo. Garland girlando. Garlic ajlo. Garment vesto. Garner provizi. Garnish ornami. Garniture garnituro. Garret subtegmento. Garrison garnizono. Garrote cxirkauxligi. Garter sxtrumpligilo. Gas ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes
... welcomer, never was any more courteously and graciously received than Friar John. Come, come, said Gargantua, a stool here close by me at this end. I am content, said the monk, seeing you will have it so. Some water, page; fill, my boy, fill; it is to refresh my liver. Give me some, child, to gargle my throat withal. Deposita cappa, said Gymnast, let us pull off this frock. Ho, by G—, gentlemen, said the monk, there is a chapter in Statutis Ordinis which opposeth my laying of it down. Pish! said Gymnast, a fig for your chapter! This frock breaks both your ...
— Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete. • Francois Rabelais
... soothing antiseptic gargles are indicated. Later, when the patient is unable to gargle, the inhalation of steam impregnated with the vapour of carbolic acid or friar's balsam, and the application of hot fomentations or a large linseed poultice to the neck may afford relief. When an abscess is formed, it should be opened by means of a fine-pointed pair of sinus ...
— Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. • Alexander Miles
... on the day's programme was the "gargling parade." Meningitis had broken out in the camp and every one had to gargle his throat first thing in the morning with salt water. We would be marched under our sergeant to each receive our half-pannikin of salt water at the A. M. C. tent. We would string out along the brick ...
— "Over There" with the Australians • R. Hugh Knyvett
... seen Lizzie, he said to Frank, who accompanied him downstairs: "Just as I expected—quinsy. She will take from eight to ten days to get well. We have taken it in time, that's one good thing. The throat is very bad. She must have a linseed poultice, and she must use the gargle. Is there any one in the house who can ...
— Spring Days • George Moore
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