| He prefers to purge children of demons by making them take laxatives and emetics. |
| Bulimics will consume large quantities of food in a short period of time before purging through laxatives or making themselves vomit. |
| Victims of the plague were treated by blood-letting, purging with laxatives and the lancing of the plague-boils. |
| Standard treatments for lower bowel symptoms include dietary fibre, laxatives, antispasmodic agents, and antidiarrhoeals. |
| Mild laxatives are most frequently requisite to preserve a right balance between the ingesta and the egesta. |
| Although most bulimics purge by vomiting, abuse of laxatives or diuretics also occurs. |
