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This image shows a close-up view of the tip of the right fifth digit, highlighting a blister that developed after the patient touched a piece of paper on which a blister beetle, Epicauta cinerea, had been resting. While on the paper, the beetle secreted the blistering agent cantharidin.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Dr. Henry D. Pratt
Creation Date: 1961
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