"Sedative" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... been acquainted. Chemists formerly entertained opinions extremely discordant in regard to the nature and the properties of camphor; and even at this day they seem to be but imperfectly known. It is considered however as a sedative and powerful diaphoretic: but my province is to mention such particulars of its history as have come within my knowledge, leaving to others to investigate its most ...
— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden
... the influence of a sedative that night, and next day Dr. Belton, with the promptness of action which he now regretted he had not sooner exercised, procured the help of one of the most noted specialists in Sydney, and ...
— By Berwen Banks • Allen Raine
... that these are all parts of an enormous recit by Chrisante, one of Artamene's confidants and captains, to the King of Hircania, a monarch doubtless inured to hardships in the chase of his native tigers, or requiring some sedative as a ...
— A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 - From the Beginning to 1800 • George Saintsbury
... asked anxiously as he peered through the window of the chamber. The medic had given Bud a sedative and he was already fast asleep. ...
— Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung • Victor Appleton
... Reverence a sedative, Danny," he said, winking at his colleague. "I'd be sorry to see you that way, Father; the bed's narrow enough for you as it is, without having you beside ...
— Mount Music • E. Oe. Somerville and Martin Ross
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