Spanish fly

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The tendency to the formation of the bony growth, and the increase of its development after its actual formation, may often be checked by the application of a severe blister of Spanish fly.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.

Crabs-claws, Spanish fly, and dragon roots, given three mornings before the new or full moon, was suggested as a specific by Sir Robert Gordon.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

It quickly induces a sharp burning pain, and it excites a destructive outward inflammation which enters much more into the true skin than that which is caused by an old fashioned blister of Spanish fly.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

As if creation contained any mineral, drug simple, leech, Spanish fly, gadfly, or showerbath, so soothing as a loving wife is to a man in affliction.

From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles

It was thought that the poison of the Spanish fly existed in the body, while the head and wings contained the antidote.

From Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing by Cutten, George Barton