vesication
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Absorption by the skin is most vigorous when the cuticle is removed by vesication, or blistering.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin
Applied to the skin it is a strong irritant causing rapid and painful vesication.
From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers
Later, vesication of the whole pericarpal region is done and the subject allowed exercise at will.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
In some places there was complete vesication, and on its palmer surface the hand lying on the abdomen was completely denuded.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)
Treatment.—Many incipient cases of spavin yield to vesication and a protracted period of rest.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
