The American Materia Medica, Therapeutics and Pharmacognosy, 1919, was written by Finley Ellingwood, M.D. Chapter I. Sedatives Commonly Used in the Control of Fevers—Antipyretics. Chapter II. Sedatives commonly used in the control of pain—Anodynes, analgesics. Chapter III. Sedatives used to induce sleep. Chapter IV. Sedatives used for their influence on general nervous irritability—Inorganic Nerve Sedatives. Chapter V. Minor nerve sedatives. Chapter VI. Depressants used to induce general and local anaesthesia—Anaesthetics. Chapter VII. Sedatives that are especially useful in diseases of women—Emmenagogues, ecbolics, oxytocics. Book Navigation ‹ Group I. Agents acting on the nervous system. up Chapter I. Sedatives Commonly Used in the Control of Fevers—Antipyretics. ›