Pustulants

Definition of Pustulants:

Pustulants (L. pustulare, to blister) are Irritants or Counter-irritants which cause pustules, and affect isolated parts of the skin, as orifices of sudoriferous glands: croton oil, tartar emetic, silver nitrate [Culbreth1927, pg 46].

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References

[Culbreth1927] David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, Seventh Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger (1927). Online Reprint.