Class of psychoactive drugs whose primary function is to induce sleep and to be used in the treatment of insomnia (sleeplessness), or for surgical anesthesia.

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The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine.  Process print after Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

Hypnotic therapeutics : illustrated by cases : with an appendix on table-moving and spirit-rapping / by James Braid.

"Sulfonal-Bayer" the new hypnotic of Professor Baumann & Kast.

The Croonian lectures on some points connected with sleep, sleeplessness, and hypnotics / by John Buckley Bradbury.

Dependence on sedative and hypnotic drugs : a comparative clinical and social study / Christer Allgulander.

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Sleep Aids, Pharmaceutical

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Hypnotic therapeutics : illustrated by cases : with an appendix on table-moving and spirit-rapping / by James Braid.

The sun shining amid white clouds by day, advertising Veramon analgesic medicine, and the moon shining amid black clouds by night, advertising Medinal hypnotic medicine. Drawing by Leonhard Fries for Schering Ltd.

"Sulfonal-Bayer" the new hypnotic of Professor Baumann & Kast.

The Croonian lectures on some points connected with sleep, sleeplessness, and hypnotics / by John Buckley Bradbury.

Dependence on sedative and hypnotic drugs : a comparative clinical and social study / Christer Allgulander.