cataplasm
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Presently also it was applied to other parts as a cataplasm.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
Then I asked for a cataplasm, composed of radish-roots, mustard-seed, onions and garlic roasted, mithridate, salt, and soot from a chimney where wood only has been burnt.
From Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire by William Harrison Ainsworth
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 John Higginbottom
To counteract the damage, pharmacy has gone forth with medicament, panacea, elixir, embrocation, salve, and cataplasm.
From The Abominations of Modern Society by T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt) Talmage
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 John Milton
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