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
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
Monsieur Recamier has submitted to the Academy of Medicine a galvanic cataplasm, by which, when it is applied to the skin, the benefit of electricity is fully conveyed, without the least pain.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
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
To combat inflammation, a suitable cataplasm may be applied directly to the skin, the extremity bandaged, and the temporary immobilizing appliance may be secured over all.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
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