cataplasm
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The chief medicinal use of onions in the present practice is in external applications, as a cataplasm for suppurating tumours, &c.
From The Botanist's Companion, Volume II by William Salisbury
"Don't! try not to cry any more! the thing to do now is to go and give her a spoonful of quinine; then we will put a cataplasm on her stomach."
From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Armando Palacio Vald?s
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 John Victor Lacroix
If peeled and pounded in a mortar, uncooked Potatoes applied cold make a very soothing cataplasm to parts that have been scalded, or burnt.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Presently also it was applied to other parts as a cataplasm.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
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