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Chapter VII. Sedatives that are especially useful in diseases of women—Emmenagogues, ecbolics, oxytocics.

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  4. Division I. Sedatives and depressants.

The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1919, was written by Finley Ellingwood, M.D.

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