cataplasm
Example Sentences
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With this fragrant herb she made a cooling cataplasm.
From The Purple Land by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
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
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 Salisbury, William
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
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.