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Camphor was administered parenterally and by stomach tube, in a wide range of doses, to some 500 animals, including albino rats, guinea pigs, rabbits and cats with a fever induced by previous injection of peptone and, in a few instances, fever from infection. Under these conditions, phenazone was found to be antipyretic in rabbits, but no evidence was obtained that camphor possessed antipyretic properties, at least to any marked degree.
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