cataplasm

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By midnight Reardon lay in a comfortable room, a huge cataplasm fixed upon him, and other needful arrangements made.

From New Grub Street by Gissing, George

By a continuation of this plan the wound gradually contracted, and, at length, when there was no further use for the cataplasm, the eschar became adherent and the sore healed underneath.

From An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers by Higginbottom, John

Make a cataplasm of bean meal and salad oil, and lay it to the place afflicted.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Presently also it was applied to other parts as a cataplasm.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

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