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cataplasm

[kat-uh-plaz-uhm] / ˈkæt əˌplæz əm /


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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

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

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

Mix iris oil with it, and cover the lower part of the stomach with a plaster of bay berries, or a cataplasm made of cummin, camomiles, briony root, adding cows' and goats' dung.

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

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




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