I gave small doses of stimulants till morning, and did not let her go to sleep till next evening.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
It was absolutely necessary that brothers, and even sisters, and wives, and mothers, should be permitted occasionally to carry some warm broth, or some still stronger stimulants, to those whose rations were so limited, and whose exposure to the cold air was so dismally protracted.
"Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX"
Alexander Leighton
One strong feature of the levelling character of a taste for play has never ceased to impress me most forcibly-not only do the individual peculiarities of the man give way before the all-absorbing passion-but stranger still, the very boldest traits of nationality even fade and disappear before it; and man seems, under the high-pressure power of this greatest of all stimulants, resolved into a most abstract state.
"The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete"
Charles James Lever (1806-1872)