“He informed the patient that he had prescribed an anodyne, to be taken at bedtime.”

“We have all felt the liquid fire, burning and annealing, the hot rush of our tears that are the anodyne for the pain we feel.”

“These are the pain-killers derived from morphine, the 'opiate' anodynes or analgesics.”

“Horrocks's motley crew of characters have this in common: They don't find easy anodynes.”

“If hyperesthesia is well marked local anodynes may be needed to relieve suffering.”