This section is from the book "A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin", by Henry G. Piffard. Also available from Amazon: A Treatise On The Materia Medica And Therapeutics Of The Skin.
A. Diaphoretic (Virey), 36, 4: 218.
After long use induces chronic eruptions and ulcerations, Richard, 36,4:218. A peculiar kind of skin disease, called at Tahiti arevareva, results from a daily use of kava. In old drinkers the skin is dry, scaly, cracked, and ulcerated, especially where it is thick, as on the hands and feet, Cuzent, 159, '63, 86.
* Negrier - Du traitement des affections scrofuleuses par les preparations de If oyer. Paris, 1856.
 
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