ANTI SPAS MOD′IC

(-spăz-). Syn. Antispas′tic ; Anti spas mod′icus , L.; Anti spas modi que , Fr.; Krampestillend , Ger. In medicine , an epithet of substances and agents ( ANTI SPAS MOD′ICS ; ANTI SPAS MOD′ICA , L.) which allay spasms and convulsions. It is frequently incorrectly applied to anodynes and narcotics, which soothe pain, but do not repre muscular spasm. Ammonia, a afœtid a, bark, camphor, castor, chalybeates, chloral hydrate, chloroform, ether, Indian hemp and cannabine, musk, opium, saffron, and valerian, with many other similar substances, are regarded as antispasmodics.