Phenacetin Abused
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Phenacetin
Of many reports on the use of phenacetin, one by Dr. Freidrich Miiller?" Therapeutische Monatshefte," August 1888, is of unusual merit. He made numerous trials of the remedy in various diseases, and found that the temperature in adults was lowered by doses of seven to eleven grains, and seldom as much as fifteen grains was used. The fall in the temperature occurred within from one to four hours...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1964
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.5394.1381-b