Editing Cantharidin (section)

===Non-aphrodisiac uses===
* The Spanish clergyman [[Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias]] ([[:es:Juan de Horozco y Covarrubias|es]]) (c. 1540–1610) reported the use of blister beetles as a [[poison]] as well as an aphrodisiac.<ref name="Covarrubias_1">{{cite book |title =Tesoros de la lengua castellana o española  | vauthors = Covarrubias-Horozco S |publisher = Universidad de Navarra - Iberoamericana - Vervuert |year = 2006 }}</ref>
* Preparations of dried blister beetles were at one time used as a treatment for [[smallpox]].<ref>{{cite book|vauthors=Closs JF|title=A New Method of Curing the Small-pox ... with a Specimen of Miscellaneous Observations on Medical Subjects; from the Latin ... by a Physician|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HOtbAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA10|year=1767|publisher=Hawes|access-date=15 April 2017|archive-date=14 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230114162555/https://books.google.com/books?id=HOtbAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA10|url-status=live}} Cantharides referred to throughout the book.</ref> As late as 1892, [[Andrew Taylor Still]], the founder of [[osteopathy]], recommended inhaling a [[tincture]] of cantharidin as an effective preventative and treatment for smallpox, decrying [[vaccination]].<ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Still AT | title = The philosophy and mechanical principles of osteopathy | date = 1892 | chapter = Chapter 12: Smallpox | url = http://www.anatomy4beginners.com/resources/The%20Philosophy%20and%20Mechanical%20Principles%20of%20Osteopathy%20AT%20Still%201902.pdf | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190714030929/https://anatomy4beginners.com/resources/The%20Philosophy%20and%20Mechanical%20Principles%20of%20Osteopathy%20AT%20Still%201902.pdf | archive-date=14 July 2019 }}</ref>
* Japanese [[ninja]] used blister beetles combined with arsenic to create a noxious gas.<ref name="bansenshukai1">{{cite episode |credits = Glenn C |date = March 29, 2025 |title = Ninja Arts Inspired by the Animal Kingdom | url = https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/shows/3025200/ |series         = NINJA TRUTH | network = NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) }}</ref><ref name="bansenshukai2">{{cite book |translator-last1 = Cummins | translator-first1 = Antony |translator-first2 = Minami |translator-last2 = Yoshie | year = 2013 | title = Bansenshukai | trans-title = The Book of Ninja | publisher = Watkins Publishing | volume = 15 | chapter = In-nin V | trans-chapter = Hidden Infiltration V | isbn = 9781780284934 }}</ref>