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Definition of Poultices
1. poultice [v] - See also: poultice
Lexicographical Neighbors of Poultices
Literary usage of Poultices
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1878)
"poultices and fomentations, in such common use, are simply local baths applied
... When its surface or the structures beneath it are inflamed, poultices and ..."
2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1869)
"It has been asserted that poultices are often used to conceal defects of ...
Most remarkable results, however, follow the use of poultices in certain ..."
3. The homœopathic vade mecum of modern medicine and surgery by Edward Harris Ruddock (1869)
"Bread poultices are especially valuable for their non-irritating, ... Charcoal
poultices are used to correct offensive smells from foul sores, and to favour ..."
4. The Institutes of Medicine by Martyn Paine (1867)
"Since, therefore, emollient poultices and warm fomentations effect the greatest
... poultices and warm fomentations produce the least of this change in kind ..."
5. The Practice of medicine on Thomsonian principles ... and a materia medica by John W. Comfort (1853)
"poultices. THE composition of poultices requires to be varied to suit the different
conditions of the parts upon which they are to be applied. ..."
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