desquamate

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The effects may last a week, and the skin may desquamate.

From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by Robertson, W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison )

The febrile symptoms, which abate during the process of maturation, are apt to return during desiccation; and when the skin begins to desquamate, they then constitute what is called secondary fever.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

The margins of the pustules, before of a distinct red, now assume a bluish-red or purplish colour, and the skin begins to desquamate.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

Nov. 5th, temperature 104.5°; dusky-red color of the eruption; skin beginning to desquamate in places; urine normal; a discharge from nostrils.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various