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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The commercial name of dimethyloxy-quinizin, C11H12N2O, a complex body belonging to the aromatic series. It crystallizes in brilliant scales, which dissolve readily in water. It is a valuable antipyretic.
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Examples
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The lady with the headache reappeared, but begged to be allowed to go home by herself to wait for her lover at his house, so that she might take a dose of antipyrin.
The Captive 2003
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For example, the anæsthetic effects of ether disappear shortly after removal of the inhaler, whether we apply tourniquets to the extremities or not; but, on the other hand, the analgesic influence of antipyrin, phenacetin, morphine, and other like remedies lasts very much longer, and their dose may be reduced, or -- what is the same thing -- their pharmaco-dynamic potency may be enhanced by the sequestration of the blood contained within the extremities.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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For this reason the anæsthetic effects of ether disappear shortly after removal of the inhaler, whereas solutions of antipyrin, phenacetin, morphine, and other salts possessing an affinity for nervous tissue exert much more permanent effects upon the cerebro-spinal system.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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The relief afforded by most headache mixtures is due to the presence of antipyrin or acetanilid, and it has been shown conclusively that these drugs weaken heart action, diminish circulation, reduce the number of red corpuscles in the blood, and bring on a condition of chronic anemia.
General Science Bertha M. Clark
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For children who are both sleepless and feverish, a grain of Dover's powder, and a grain of antipyrin, for each year of the child's age up to three, is very helpful.
The Nervous Child Hector Charles Cameron
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When I came to investigate the validity of these predictions, as I did shortly after the introduction of antipyrin, phenacetin, and the other members of the same group of compounds, I found my predictions verified, and, indeed, exceeded.
Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 Various
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Take Brush's remedy for seasickness and plenty of antipyrin, your fur coat for the crossing, and
The Mission Of Mr. Eustace Greyne 1905 Robert Smythe Hichens 1907
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"The bad work that people make in dosing themselves with patent medicines, without a physician's prescription is not unfrequently punctuated with a sudden death from overdosing with antipyrin, sulphonal, or some other coal-tar preparation."
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say Martha Meir Allen 1890
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#State frequency and types of eruption due to the ingestion of antipyrin.
Essentials of Diseases of the Skin Including the Syphilodermata Arranged in the Form of Questions and Answers Prepared Especially for Students of Medicine Henry Weightman Stelwagon 1886
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At the next station an old clerk, a Pole, to whom I gave some antipyrin for his headache, complained of his poverty, and said Count
Letters of Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 1882
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