cataplasm

Example Sentences

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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

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

A Water-cress cataplasm applied cold in a single layer, and with a pinch of salt sprinkled thereupon makes a most useful poultice to heal foul scrofulous ulcers; and will also help to resolve glandular swellings.

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

Clark to a brigadiership, and then my nephew will succeed to the colonelcy; which will be a sufficient rebuke to Gen. H., and a cataplasm for my nephew’s wounded honor.

From A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital by Jones, John Beauchamp

The caustic and cataplasm were applied as before.—A similar report was made on the succeeding day.

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