a. and sb. Med. [ANTI- 3.] A. adj. Of use against hysteria. B. sb. (sc. medicine, etc.)
1744. Berkeley, Siris, 47 (T.). It raiseth the spirits, and is an excellent anti-hysteric.
1879. P. Bayne, in Lit. World, XIX. 137/1. Fancy suggesting to Teufelsdröckh, by way of laying the spectres that haunt him, a box of anti-hysteric pills and a pint of claret per diem!
