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Definition of Diaphoretics
1. diaphoretic [n] - See also: diaphoretic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diaphoretics
Literary usage of Diaphoretics
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Medical student's vade mecum by George Mendenhall (1871)
"Into nauseating, refrigerant, d alterative diaphoretics. What circumstances should
a patient be subjected to if free perspiration be required ? ..."
2. A Practical treatise on the diseases of infancy and childhood by Thomas Hawkes Tanner (1871)
"diaphoretics are medicines which promote the cutaneous exhalation. ... The action
of diaphoretics is much favoured by warm drinks, warm clothing, ..."
3. Materia Medica and Therapeutics for Physicians and Students by John Barclay Biddle, Clement Biddle (1895)
"Different classes of diaphoretics are required for different morbid conditions.
... 324) are chiefly resorted to as nauseating diaphoretics. ..."
4. A Manual of Examinations: Upon Anatomy, Physiology, Surgery, Practice of by John Livingston Ludlow (1867)
"What are diaphoretics?—Medicines which produce perspiration. ... and diaphoretics
synonymous terms ?— Yes. What are the different classes of ..."
5. A System of Materia Medica and Pharmacy by John Murray (1810)
"M ' > diaphoretics are those medicines which increase the natural exhalation by
the skin. When they excite this so copiously as to produce sweat, ..."
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