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acetanilid

  • a variation of acetanilide.
    acetanilide
    noun
    a white, crystalline, odorless, organic powder, C 8 H 9 NO, produced by the action of glacial acetic acid on aniline, used chiefly in organic synthesis and formerly in the treatment of fever and headache.

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If you look carefully at the label, you usually will find that they contain morphine, phenacetin, or acetanilid, which are very depressing to the heart.

From Confidences Talks With a Young Girl Concerning Herself by Edith B. (Edith Belle) Lowry

There is no doubt that the salicylates will relieve the pain almost at once, but so will any other coal-tar product and phenacetin, acetanilid or even antipyrin may be used with good effect.

From Psychotherapy by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh

The active fever may be checked by 15 drops tincture of aconite every four hours or by one-third ounce of acetanilid.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

Deaths from acetanilid are becoming more and more frequent.

From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen

Their action is dependent upon one of the modern coal-tar products, usually acetanilid, because it is the cheapest.

From The Home Medical Library, Volume II (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow

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