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THE SPANISH FLY.

Analysis by Or. Bostock.

utnen.

Alb,

^'its a *’ ulable

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matter.

6.00

014

1-00

92-86

tlr lfthe

100-00

Analysis by Braudes and Reimann.

Albumen. 5-75

Animal mutter, with muriate )of ammonia, potash salts, fcarbonate, lactate, muriate f

and sulphate of soda . )

Water. 93 99

100-00

fill

G) iecl ; and' ) lC e rcmoyc, b the subjacent corium is seen intensely red-'h jf • T exposure to the air, oftentimes becomes exceedingly pain-1 " ^itish.] ai . lls ' ,e applied, a secretion of pus takes place, and sometimes° Cc ^iona]l° 0ljln ^ ^ se mei nbranc is formed. Long-continued irritation,1 ° t ' c ed ecth Causes tubercular granulations. Not unfrequently I havef<i,|,;i i'kab] 3'matous pustules around the blistered surface; and in oneCs peci a i| ®, case > " hich tell under my notice, the whole body, but more'! a s cover ] 10 Pectoral region, (to which the blister had been applied),l0 a an t l C them. Sometimes the vesicles of eczema occur. Ulcera-^sorved S'lngrene are not uncommon: the latter effect is occasionally„ e ath resi n^i exa uthematous diseases, especially measles. I have seen| lec l l ientl v therefrom in two instances. The constitutional symptomsv th e hm >r0( UC cd are excitement of the vascular system (as denotedirrit a ^' Ca ' SCf ^ ^ lor l ucnc y of pulse, heat of skin, and furred tongue),j'dn jjj p a ^ 0 . u °f the urinary and genital organs (marked by heat andt 6 COl nplet Sln ^ l ^ C ur ine, wliich is usually high coloured, or there may' l 'hich a j 6 ,. su PP r ession). It not unfrequently happens, that the part]■ u the s , ter d as been applied remains considerably darker coloured( lSco lorat/ Ull0ant ^ n g s dh'- llayer states, that the disappearance of thesetV’hej ) * oris hastened by the use of sulphurous baths.l &t/j r anc . Wall °\yed, cantliarides act topically on the gastro-intestinal' n big 0 p, I ln poisonous quantities exciting inflammation of the mucousl y of s 16 fjhmentary canal, accompanied with constriction and diffi-a*I*3™ s -. which is sometimes so great, that not a particle ofail , e b r °f into the stomach without the most inexpressible anguish;jj° llle tiin es , U 1 l ' n * u S pain, nausea, vomiting, frequently of bloody matters,tend" 111 dakes like the inner lining of the alimentary tube, andj) as tii c i U fl eUless touch. These phenomena sufficiently indicate thehj driti c s arni nation. Ptyalism is not an uncommon occurrence. Thewith u 1)to ! ns are ’ abundant and frequent evacuations, sometimes ofhje ahfloi IK <m ^^ e buiping and burning pain, and exquisite sensibility

j^t 1 f 0r \y ^ At odorous matter evolved by these insects is a local irri-tlc hv-a. i,.,.?, lU8es itching and even inflammation of the eyelids and con-air-passages, marked by epistaxis, convulsiveIf it be inhaled, as is done when persons sit underthe animals are found, or by breathing the vapour

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°f cantharides, an affection of the urinary organs mayW C °U- The same remote effects may also be excited by blisters,thctv, ( uig the insects, by applyin

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or pj 3 . t . 10 insects, by applying them to wounds, by swallowing( C llla }' cfa 11 .'- ,ecllu S solutions of their active principle into the veins.Ulill0 -'' e S '- t 1 , ^‘ c remote effects of cantharides into those observed in3 111 al, the nervous, and the vascular systems.