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Definition of Febrifuges
1. febrifuge [n] - See also: febrifuge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Febrifuges
Literary usage of Febrifuges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1876)
"ON febrifuges. BY C. BINZ, MD LOND. Professor at the University of Bonn. ...
The exact study of the febrifuges has only been rendered possible since the ..."
2. The Cyclopædia of India and of Eastern and Southern Asia: Commercial by Edward Balfour (1885)
"... the other American, j stances are regarded as febrifuges. ... febrifuges.
Bitters containing alkaloids or tannin comprise all the most important ..."
3. Clinical Lectures on the Diseases of Women by James Young Simpson (1872)
"In almost all cases of phlegmasia dolens, you will find the pulse much quicker,
and more or less marked symptoms of fever present. But the best febrifuges ..."
4. Modern Materia Medica and Therapeutics by Arthur Albert Stevens (1909)
"... ANTIPYRETICS OR febrifuges. The body derives its heat mainly from the oxidation
of stuffs and from various mechanical movements, and le mainly by ..."
5. The Medical Times and Gazette (1875)
"... bathe, wet sheet ; and general remedies, such as emetics, febrifuges,
expectorants, stimulants, inhalations. A mixture of carbonate of ammonia, squills, ..."
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