Vesicatorium (Blistering plaster; vesicatory plaster). 1 lb. From Wordnik.com. [Drug Supplies in the American Revolution] Reference
But, alas! like that of many queens, the felicity did not last long; before morning, I heard her saying to her sister, in a doleful tone, 'Soffy, will you have my vesicatory?'. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
Now, there was likely to be some difficulty about getting her to submit quietly to this operation, so, after an instant's reflection, I called both her and her sister, and told them that the most diligent of the two should have a vesicatory put on her arm at night. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
(The Mezereum Tribe.) According to Lindley, the great feature of this tribe is the causticity of the bark, which acts upon the skin as a vesicatory, and causes excessive pain in the mouth when chewed. From Wordnik.com. [Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests, Medical, Economical, and Agricultural. Being also a Medical Botany of the Confederate States; with Practical Information on the Useful Properties of the Trees, Plants, and Shrubs] Reference
Mercurial agents alone, by their therapeutic properties or by means of the artificial bandages which they furnish by their incrustations when their vesicatory effects are exhausted, will give good results in some instances by a single application, and often by repeated applications. From Wordnik.com. [Special Report on Diseases of the Horse] Reference
Mamma, mamma -- such a treat -- papa has promised us a vesicatory for to-night! '". From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
(lachrymatory, sternutatory, and, above all, vesicatory, of which yperite is the most dangerous); second, asphyxiants of which the most deadly is phosgene; third, those affecting the nervous system. From Wordnik.com. [Ferdinand Édouard Buisson - Nobel Lecture] Reference
"The day passed, the one endeavoring to excel the other in the quantity of leaves they turned over; and, from time to time, I heard the one asking the other in a low voice, 'Have you ever seen a vesicatory?. From Wordnik.com. [Willis the Pilot] Reference
To this question, he replied, that venesection had been three times performed; that a vesicatory had been applied inter scapulas; that the patient had taken occasionally of a cathartic apozem, and between whiles, alexipharmic boluses and neutral draughts. — “Neutral, indeed,” said the doctor; “so neutral, that I’ll be crucified if ever they declare either for the patient or the disease.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves] Reference
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