the excrement contained in the guts of an infant at its birth. If this matter is not soon purged off, it occasions gripes, &c. A tea-spoonful of true caltrop oil is an excellent purge in this case; but the first milk from the mother's breast is usually sufficient if it flows in due time.

in pharmacy, the extract of British poppies. It has all the virtues of foreign opium, but in a somewhat lower degree. See Opium, and Table