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Definition of Dossils
1. dossil [n] - See also: dossil
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dossils
Literary usage of Dossils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The London Medical Gazette (1829)
"The wound, which had a " hideous aspect," was speedily closed by hare-lip needles
at the angles of the mouth, stitches, and and plaister; dossils of lint ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1852)
"Alcohol, applied upon dossils of charpie, is a most energetic styptic. It causes
a strong or even a temporarily painful sensation, and often speedily checks ..."
3. The Medico-chirurgical Review by James Johnson, Henry James Johnson (1835)
"The plan adopted by Mr. Crosse is apparently of French extraction—the introduction
of dossils of lint round a canula. A gum-elastic canula, he says, ..."
4. The North American Medical and Surgical Journal (1831)
"He applies the caustic liquor by means of dossils of lint, held in a pair of
dressing forceps. If he wishes the caustic to act to a considerable depth, ..."
5. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1853)
"Moreover, we may not have any appropriate instrument at hand. He has found three
means of great utility :—1. Alcohol, applied upon dossils of charpie, ..."
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