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. Gelsemium, Gelsemium sempervirens. Veratrum Album. White Hellebore. Rhus. Rhus toxicodendron. Aconite. Aconitum napellus. Bryonia. Bryonia alba. Synthetic Depressants. Comparative Symptomatology of Antipyretics. Asthenic or Adynamic Fevers. A Tabulated Summary and Comparison of the action of Fever Remedies. Book Navigation ‹ Division I. Sedatives and depressants. up Chapter I. Sedatives Commonly Used in the Control of Fevers—Antipyretics. ›