cool off

“If given in acute rheumatism, where is also some inflammatory fever, it will increase the fever, and I here repeat, and hope it will be remembered by the reader, that stimulants should never be given in fever which continues without intermission; but they may always be given with advantage, and safety where there are periodical cessations of fever, by which is meant such fevers as cool off once in twenty-four or forty-eight hours.”

The Cherokee Physician, or Indian Guide to Health, as Given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee Doctor; Comprising a Brief View of Anatomy, With General Rules for Preserving Health without the Use of Medicines. The Diseases of the U. States, with Their Symptoms, Causes, and Means of Prevention, are Treated on in a Satisfactory Manner. It Also Contains a Description of a Variety of Herbs and Roots, Many of which are not Explained in Any Other Book, and their Medical Virtues have Hitherto been Unknown to the Whites; To which is Added a Short Dispensatory.

“He didn't need to soothe sore muscles, he just needed to cool off and get cleaner.”

Fictionaut: Elephant in the City

“Dozed off and slept real peaceful, what with the night breeze blowing cool off the river, the blanket and the warmth of Measure's body keeping him warm, the nightsounds of the animals, the cries of a hungry infant from a hut somewhere; all of it was part of the green music flowing through his head.”

Fictionaut: He Don't Know Him