A Potentially Fatal Aphrodisiac: Cantharidin Poisoning

Diaz, P; Carneiro, A; Montes, V; Alves, S

Diaz, P (corresponding author), Hosp Cascais, Serv Med Interna, Cascais, Portugal.

ACTA MEDICA PORTUGUESA, 2020; 33 (4): 284

Abstract

Cantharidin is a toxin extracted from coleoptera beetles, commonly known as 'Spanish fly'. Traditionally it was used as an aphrodisiac, a vesicant or ......

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