REFRIGERANTS
\ɹɪfɹˈɪd͡ʒəɹənts], \ɹɪfɹˈɪdʒəɹənts], \ɹ_ɪ_f_ɹ_ˈɪ_dʒ_ə_ɹ_ə_n_t_s]\
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Medicines which depress the morbid temperature of the body. The chief reputed refrigerants are the Potassae Nitras, the Sodae Boras, but chiefly the abstraction of calorie by ice and ice-drinks, cold water, cold lemonades, soda-water, and effervescing draughts internally; and externally, cool air, cold water, evaporating lotions, and frigorific mixtures.
By Robley Dunglison
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