Refrigerants are medicines which suppress an unusual heat of the body, such as wood-sorrel, tamarind, &c.
898. Rubefacients
Rubefacients are medicaments which cause redness of the skin, such as mustard, &c.
899. Sedatives
Sedatives are medicines which depress the nervous energy, and destroy sensation, so as to compose, such as foxglove. (
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