Definition of Poulticed

1. poultice [v] - See also: poultice

Lexicographical Neighbors of Poulticed

poule
poules
poulet
poulette
poulp
poulpe
poulpes
poulps
poult
poulter
poulter's measure
poulterer
poulterers
poulters
poultice
poulticed (current term)
poulticelike
poultices
poulticing
poultries
poultry
poultryman
poultrymen
poultrywoman
poultrywomen
poults
pounce
pounced
pouncer
pouncers

Literary usage of Poulticed

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medico-Chirurgical Transactions by Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of London (1892)
"The swelling was poulticed, but increased rather than diminished in size, and shortly afterwards another collection was opened, and as no improvement took ..."

2. The London Medical Gazette (1830)
"It was poulticed with linseed meal for a fortnight before he came in, and he had taken some aperient medicine. Oct. 29th.—He is an unhealthy-looking man, ..."

3. The Letters of Charles Dickens by Charles Dickens, Georgina Hogarth, Mamie Dickens (1879)
"I got home at half-past ten, and mustard-poulticed and barley-watered myself tremendously. Love to the dear girls, and to all. Ever affectionately. ..."

4. The Eclectic practice of medicine by John Milton Scudder (1888)
"I have seen scores of cases of felons in which the finger was poulticed until the ... I have seen carbuncles poulticed until they were as large as saucers, ..."

5. Eighteen Capitals of China by William Edgar Geil (1911)
"2. poulticed with salted cooked rice one night. 3. poulticed with ... poulticed a day and a night with green peas beaten up with honey. 5. ..."

6. Buffalo Medical Journal (1901)
"May I be allowed to ask Dr. BENNETT how many weeks he poulticed that ... They .had been poulticed for a long time. One had been poulticed over six weeks. ..."

7. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1884)
"At the end of six months the skin became red ; tumor was poulticed and ... The swelling was poulticed, and broke at the umbilicus two weeks after the doctor ..."

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