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.
B. Excites severe burning pain when applied to the skin, and, if allowed to remain, will produce an eschar, 10, 2: 29. Lethal effects may follow prolonged contact with the skin, even when the epidermis is unbroken, 4, 406.
D. Pruritus, urticaria, Anderson (ib.).
 
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