caustic
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Caustics and other irritating applications are to be avoided.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Caustics and the cautery produce wounds that heal slowly and can not be recommended in the treatment of this tumor.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
The piercing Caustics ply their spiteful Pow'r; Emetics ranch, and been Cathartics sour.
From The Spectator, Volume 2. by Addison, Joseph
Caustics were applied to destroy lupous tubercles by direct action, and furthermore recourse has been taken to the so-called mechanical treatment, in which the ringworm was scraped out.
From Prof. Koch's Method to Cure Tuberculosis Popularly Treated by Brendecke, Fr. (Friedrich)
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