vesication

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I simply evacuated the fluid of the vesication and left the part exposed to dry.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by Higginbottom, John

Various expedients have been resorted to in rebellious cases, such as vesication with ammonia-water, maceration of the skin for some hours with glycerine, and the like.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Hypophosphites in assimilable form may be beneficial, and vesication of the patellar region contributes to recovery.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

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

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