cataplasm
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Presently also it was applied to other parts as a cataplasm.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas
It will be easier to bear than the cataplasm I should have given you, had your apprehensions been well founded.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by Ainsworth, William Harrison
I ordered him to bathe his hands in warm bran and water, applied escharotics to the ulcers, and wrapped his hands up in a soft cataplasm.
From The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology) by Various
Home and supped with Sir W. Pen and played at cards with him, and so home and to bed, putting some cataplasm to my . . . . which begins to swell again. 6th.
From Diary of Samuel Pepys — Volume 14: January/February 1661-62 by Bright, Mynors
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
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