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cantharides
‖ cantharides, n. pl. (kænˈθærɪdiːz) Also 6 canterides, 5–7 cantarides, 9 cantharids. Rarely in sing. 5 cantharide. [L.; pl. of cantharis, a. Gr. κανθαρίς blister-fly.] 1. (sing. Cantharis in Entom.) A genus of coleopterous insects of the family Trachelidæ; the officinal species (C. vesicatoria or S...
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Cantharidin
The German emperor Henry IV (1050–1106) is said to have consumed cantharides. In Santería rituals, cantharides are used in incense.
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cantharic
cantharic, a. (kænˈθærɪk) [f. canthar-ides + -ic.] In cantharic acid, a substance of the same composition as cantharidin (Syd. Soc. Lex.). So canˈtharidal a. Med., pertaining to, made with, or caused by cantharides. canˈtharidate n., a salt of cantharidic acid. canˈtharidate v., to impregnate or tre...
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Ras el hanout
Certain supposed aphrodisiacs, including the notoriously dangerous "green metallic beetles", cantharides, have appeared in many Moroccan ras el hanout
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vesicate
vesicate, v. Chiefly Med. (ˈvɛsɪkeɪt) [f. ppl. stem of mod.L. vesicare: see vesica and -ate.] 1. trans. To cause to rise in a blister or blisters; to raise blisters on (the skin, etc.).1657 G. Starkey Helmont's Vind. 173 He will perhaps apply pigeons or the like to the feet or vesicate the external ...
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John Roberton (born 1776)
His early published scientific papers on blisters, catarrh and cantharides already suggest that he nurtured unconventional views. He specialised in the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases and was a single-minded advocate of the use of cantharides.
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phalangious
† phaˈlangious, a. Obs. [f. L. phalangi-um + -ous.] Of the nature of a phalangium (sense 1).1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. iii. xxvii. 177 Red Phalangious spiders like Cantharides mentioned by Muffetus.
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Ernest Cloquet
An anecdote is told of when in 1855 his native assistant mistakenly poured him a glass of tincture of cantharides (also known as Spanish fly) instead of
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María Teresa Sánchez
1943), the Guatemalan critic Ramiro Córdoba writes: "Inside her pages, we breathe in the scent of the wooded countryside but do not see the swarm of cantharides
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Cantharidae - Encyclopedia of Life
Die Weichkäfer (Cantharidae) oder Kanthariden (von lateinisch Cantharides) sind eine Familie der Käfer (Coleoptera), die weltweit verbreitet sind. Die aktuelle Artenliste von De
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Samuel Farr (physician)
‘On the Use of Cantharides in Dropsical Complaints’ (Memoirs Med. ii. 132, 1789).
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Spanish fly
The species and others in its family were used in traditional apothecary preparations as "Cantharides". This has led to its small-scale commercial preparation and sale, in a powdered form known as cantharides (from the plural of Greek κανθαρίς, Kantharis,
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Abortion trial of Emily Stowe
Lovell could have been turned over to the authorities, however, Stowe wound up prescribing hellebore, cantharides, and myrrh.
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Cantharidae - prod.eol.org
Die Weichkäfer (Cantharidae) oder Kanthariden (von lateinisch Cantharides) sind eine Familie der Käfer (Coleoptera), die weltweit verbreitet sind. Die aktuelle Artenliste von De
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Soldier Beetles - eol2.eol.org
Die Weichkäfer (Cantharidae) oder Kanthariden (von lateinisch Cantharides) sind eine Familie der Käfer (Coleoptera), die weltweit verbreitet sind. Die aktuelle Artenliste von De
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