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n. - A white crystalline compound used as an analgesic and also as an antipyretic.

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  • But, unfortunately, acetanilid is also the one with the most depressant action on the heart.
  • Their action is dependent upon one of the modern coal-tar products, usually acetanilid, because it is the cheapest.
  • The new order that requires manufacturers to substitute acetanilid for acetphenitidin does no more than replace fog with mist.
  • Never take any sleeping powders except upon the advice of a physician, for the majority of these sleeping powders contain some harmful drug, as morphine, codeine, phenacetin or...
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