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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
The presence of acetanilid in headache powders “guaranteed to be harmless” and thrown upon the door-steps as samples has led many persons into grave danger, and not a few to death.
From Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say by Martha Meir Allen
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
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
