blistering+plaster

  • 1Mustard plaster — A mustard plaster is a poultice of mustard seed powder spread inside a protective dressing and applied to the chest or abdomen to stimulate healing. In times past and present, the mixture was spread onto a cloth and applied to the chest or back.… …

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  • 2blister — I. n. 1. Vesicle, pustule, blain, bleb, blob. 2. Puffy film, bleb, blob, air bubble. 3. Vesicatory, vesicant, blistering plaster, sinapism. II. v. a. Raise blisters on, vesicate. III. v. n. Rise in blisters, form vesicles or blebs …

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  • 3Painterwork — accomplishes two things, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting, taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat, are very numerous, including oil paint of many kinds,… …

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  • 4art conservation and restoration — Maintenance and preservation of works of art, their protection from future damage, deterioration, or neglect, and the repair or renovation of works that have deteriorated or been damaged. Research in art history has relied heavily on 20th and… …

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  • 5Vesicatory — Ves i*ca*to*ry (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. v[ e]sicatoire.] (Med.) Tending, or having power, to raise a blister. n. A blistering application or plaster; a vesicant; an epispastic. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 6Spanish fly — Taxobox name = Spanish Fly image width = 230px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Coleoptera familia = Meloidae subfamilia = Meloinae tribus = Lyttini genus = Lytta species = L. vesicatoria binomial = Lytta vesicatoria …

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  • 7Tom van Vollenhoven — Infobox Rugby Union biography playername = Tom van Vollenhoven fullname = Karel Thomas Van Vollenhoven dateofbirth = Birth date and age|1935|4|29|df=yes cityofbirth = Bethlehem, Free State countryofbirth = South Africa dateofdeath = cityofdeath …

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  • 8Great Fire of Smyrna — Great Fire of Smyrna, 14 September 1922 The Great Fire of Smyrna or the Catastrophe of Smyrna[1][2][3] (Greek: Καταστροφή της Σμύρνης, Turkish …

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  • 9Building 470 — Building 470, called the “Pilot Plant” or sometimes “Anthrax Tower”, was a notorious seven story steel and brick building at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, USA, used in the small scale production of biological warfare (BW) agents. The… …

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  • 10childhood disease and disorder — Introduction       any illness, impairment, or abnormal condition that affects primarily infants and children i.e., those in the age span that begins with the fetus and extends through adolescence.       Childhood is a period typified by change,… …

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