epispastic

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a vesicant agent
Causing blisters; vesicant

Old Postle says this: Cantharides when used internally are diuretic and stimulant; when applied externally they are epispastic and rubefacient. Now what the devil can he mean, eh?.

{a} drawing, blistering
{n} a blister
{s} causing blisters
vesicant
An external application to the skin, which produces a puriform or serous discharge by exciting inflammation; a vesicatory
Attracting the humors to the skin; exciting action in the skin; blistering
epispastic
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