cataplasm
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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 Fernie, William Thomas
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.
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
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
A cataplasm of the juice, with rye meal, is good against luxations and ruptures.
From Notes and Queries, Number 193, July 9, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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