perpetual pill
Medicine (now historical )
noun
A pill consisting of antimony (formerly used as a laxative), which passing undigested through the body was thought to have an undiminished effect when reused.
Origin
Early 18th century; earliest use found in Ephraim Chambers (?1680–1740), encyclopaedist.
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