Refrigerant

(re-frij'ür-ant.) [From L. refrigescere, to make cold.] (Med.) Medicines which depre the morbid temperature of the body. The R. in most common use consist in the abstraction of caloric by ice and ice-drinks, cold water, cold lemonades, soda-water, and effervescing draughts internally; and externally, cool air, cold water, evaporating lotions, and frigorific mixtures. [s. 1]