CANTHARIDISM
\kˈanθɑːɹˌɪdɪzəm], \kˈanθɑːɹˌɪdɪzəm], \k_ˈa_n_θ_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_d_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
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Poisoning by cantharides. See Poisons and Antidotes.
By Alexander Duane
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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Poisoning with cantharides, either by their ingestion by the mouth or by absorption from a cantharidal blister. The chief symptoms are strangury, burning pain in the urethra, swelling or even gangrene of the genitals, and the passage of bloody and albuminous urine, together with the usual gastro-intestinal signs of irritant poisoning if the drug has been taken by the mouth. The lesions are inflammatory conditions of the kidneys and bladder.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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