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( ' e yesicatino.^ rt ’ COmm °n to other irritant poisons ; in part peculiar to/"site sensihirt SCCtS ‘i ^" ()lent burning pain in the stomach, with ex-" a ' ( l oclo Ur of tl"" an< cons tant vomiting; extreme thirst, dryness, and!. spasniodi . 1G 5iU)u ^ 1 ’ an< i n °t unffequently ptyalism. Burning painj ln S agony Y C011 ! lact ' on pf the bladder, giving rise to the most excruci-dr 0 j )g “ j.. 1 °tvvithstanding the incessant desire to void urine, nothingjj' e throat and' riv ai ° l )assec h and with great pain. The constriction ofle u, ifortunaf (1 ' Icu ^y °/ deglutition are most distressing and alarming:Paging „ e sufferer is constantly tormented with violent gripings,"dace, faint"^ °* ^. 00< T extreme tenderness of the whole abdominal'>io n to i- ni ? S ,’ giddiness, convulsions, and an almost hydrophobicThe niode 1 ^ 111 1 ’ delirium terminating in coma.i)ery 0Us ’ an< the immediate cause of death, are various: sometimes

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cation of' 11 ,.!° ]. )at ' en t dies from the inflammation and subsequentost.

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To« t ,j le alimentary tube or of the genital organs.

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J 7 is °ne(l j, , TEJr Appearances. — On opening the bodies of persons_ Sery e( ] ■ ^ Cai) lharides, inflammation and its consequences have been" er pbr a l v alimentary tube, and the urinary and genital organs. The"dee that Yp lave J jcen found in a congested state. It is deserving ofWith i n 11 P lnnia don of the urino-genital organs is more likely to be

T t se s _Patients dying within a few days after poisoning.

Ia ddes) intjhhycrates used vesicating insects (under the name of can-Pt r ° Us ; and e «i a ili, but l ! le Practice was subsequently regarded as dan-jl }’sici ai| „ ’ S ° 'ptely as the year 1 (>93, the President of the College of" e fo!! /(< C0lni nitted Dr. Greenfield to Newgate for daring to employT Toca^ 6011 ^"^’. Treat. on Cantharides, transl by Martin, 1700).v °". le tiiiie s Me,v ; Cantharides are frequently used as topical agents ;es foant s S s dmulants, sometimes as rubefacients, at other times as

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j be Prop 0l .f WM/ «fo topically, —Tincture of cantharides with water (in> been 1011 ,°* three or four drachms of the tincture to a pint of water)

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cep P j" “ ,1CC ur mur uraciims ot uie unciure ro a pint of water)ous c 'PP’.Vcd to stimulate ulcers; more especially sinuses and

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a p i 1 . 68, . Jt is used on the same principle that stimulant andctio 1Ca \ 10ns are ma de to the eye in ophthalmia; that is, to excite

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bra ted jjj- " hich shall supersede the old.) CtlOll for fistula P, P, I,

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for fistula in auo is a wash of this kind (I)r. Paris , Phar-

Uii gUen 11 alopecia or baldness, when this is not the result of oldt} p lS / 1 > cantharides have been employed to promote the growth

Mpa. i, •?}' ( ‘ e red cantharides have been advised as an application to(k) Tq Wen by rabid animals.

t ) l5c< -‘d \\-j 0(UC(i cube/action. —For this purpose the tincture maybetl ie e ffoct to S ° a T , or camphor liniment; or, when it is desirable to limit* e Co iiiiuo n Y P iu 'dcular spot, and especially if friction be objectionable,uttering plaster may be applied, allowing it to remain in

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l .Employ., i * 10 l >arl ' fo r an hour or two only, liubefacient liniments

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n ble infta° fo promote local irritation in neuralgic and rheumatic pains.S "hil u^ m r t0 ni a ff ections °f children it will be occasionally founda P C ') To e# ‘/T tb " piaster as a rubefacient merely.

5 v °get a g] Cl C ves icalion, —A considerable number of substances (mine-c > and animal) cause vesication when applied to the skin.

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