cataplasm

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Some of the leaves and small branches are pounded, and applied in that state as a cataplasm to both arms; the skin having been previously scarified freely above the elbows.

From The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Gosse, Philip Henry

Compare Hamlet IV 7 145, “no cataplasm so rare, Collected from all simples that have virtue Under the moon.”

From Minor Poems by Milton by Milton, John

Treatment.—At the onset complete rest should be provided and the local application of some good cataplasm is in order.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

Then I asked for a cataplasm, composed of radish-roots, mustard-seed, onions and garlic roasted, mithridate, salt, and soot from a chimney where wood only has been burnt.

From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison

But it does more than all this, it even assuages choler; it is an admirable cataplasm for rage.

From Ebrietatis Encomium or, the Praise of Drunkenness by Samber, Robert