ɪn pɹˈiːmˈɑːdɚn mˈɛdəsən, kˈædmiəm wʌz jˈuːzd æz ɐ dˈɛsɪkətˌɪv ænd dɪtˈɜːsɪv, ɪn mˈɔɪst stˈɪŋkɪŋ ˈʌlsɚz, kˈɔːzɪŋ ðɪ ˈɛɹiə tə bɪkˌʌm hˈiːld baɪ ðə fɔːɹmˈeɪʃən ʌv skˈɑːɹ tˈɪʃuː.
In pre-modern medicine, cadmium was used as a desiccative and detersive, in moist stinking ulcers, causing the area to become healed by the formation of scar tissue.