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Word: codein (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Moses Leverock Crossley of Bound Brook, N. J. The magnesium salt acts upon the body allowing the drug to penetrate more freely, quickening the action, reducing the dosage in many cases. Magnesium made aspirin twice as effective; made morphine injections last four times their ordinary duration; made codein, which ordinarily has no effect on temperature, reduce fevers. Any salt of magnesium may be used...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Atoms, Drugs, Wines | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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