vesication

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In some places there was complete vesication, and on its palmer surface the hand lying on the abdomen was completely denuded.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Pyle, Walter L. (Walter Lytle)

The application of the lunar caustic in recent burns or scalds, has always appeared to me to increase the inflammation and vesication, even inducing blisters where there were none before.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by Higginbottom, John

Applied to the skin it is a strong irritant causing rapid and painful vesication.

From The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by Thomas, Jerome Beers

Applied locally to the skin or mucous membrane, it causes redness and later vesication.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" by Various

This is attended with severe smarting pain, and will be followed by the deposition of serum under the cuticle, unless applications are made immediately, to prevent vesication, or blistering.

From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Cutter, Calvin