Aræotic

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Aræotics, in pre-modern medicine, were remedies believed to open up the Sweat pores of the skin, rendering them large enough for diseased matter to be carried off by sweat or perspiration^{[citation needed]}. Such treatments were also believed to rarefy the humours, rendering them easy to be carried off by the pores.

To the class of aræotics belonged diaphoretics, sudorifics, etc.

References

•  This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain. [1]
• Encyclopædia Britannica, 1815, ed. 5, II. 531.

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