1943
Dermatitis Venenata Caused by the Manzanillo Tree
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“…Caribbean oral history tells of enemies bound beneath the poisonous manchineel (Hippomane mancinella), where rain running over toxic bark produced blistering runoff (Exquemelin 1684;Cresswell 1924;Schwarz 2013). While documentary proof of that legend was not able to be found by the authors, case studies of soldiers and students blistered by the manchineel's draining dew (Satulsky 1943) or rainfall (Blue et al 2011) confirm the deleterious effects of its draining waters, sometimes causing temporary blindness (Lauter et al 1952). These citations show that stemflow was of cultural interest long before it became a subject of scientific study.…”
Section: Evidence For the Concentration Of Rainfall Inputs In Stemflowmentioning
confidence: 95%
“…Caribbean oral history tells of enemies bound beneath the poisonous manchineel (Hippomane mancinella), where rain running over toxic bark produced blistering runoff (Exquemelin 1684;Cresswell 1924;Schwarz 2013). While documentary proof of that legend was not able to be found by the authors, case studies of soldiers and students blistered by the manchineel's draining dew (Satulsky 1943) or rainfall (Blue et al 2011) confirm the deleterious effects of its draining waters, sometimes causing temporary blindness (Lauter et al 1952). These citations show that stemflow was of cultural interest long before it became a subject of scientific study.…”
Section: Evidence For the Concentration Of Rainfall Inputs In Stemflowmentioning
confidence: 95%
