BOMBYX CHRYSORRHOEA. – THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D.

BOMBYX CHRYSORRHŒA.

Lipparis chrysorrhœa. Class,
Lepidoptera.

Common name

, Brown-tailed moth (common on apple and pear trees
in Europe). Preparation, Tincture of the living
caterpillar.

Authority.

Calmeil (as in next), effects of handling a cocoon.

In a few hours, painful pricking in the conjunctiva; unendurable heat and
burning in the lids, on the neck, and on the sides, especially on the chest. Soon after,
redness of these parts, and an eruption of small blisters, with itching and heat.

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