emplastrumn.

?1541 R. Copland Formularye Aydes Apostemes in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. R.iij^v But for certaynte vnto sanguynes is appropriate emplastrum of Arnoglossa.

1562 W. Bullein Bk. Simples f. xxvj, in Bulwarke of Defence And his roote maketh a molifiyng emplastrum, to make warme and softe, a harde colde sore, commyng of Melancholie.

1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B4 Soules sweet Emplastrum, unguent of the eies.

1676 T. Sherley tr. T. T. de Mayerne Treat. Gout 63 Emplastrum of Bettony, with Mastich, Storax, and Benzoin, dissolv'd with Spirit of Wine are very good.

a1722 J. Quincy tr. Dispensatory Royal Coll. Physicians London (1727) 213 Let the Litharge, Lard, and Oil be boiled together over a gentle Fire, with a little Plantain Water, and continually stirred with a Spatule, to the Consistence of an Emplastrum.

1825 J. S. Knowles William Tell i. iii. 16 No drug he has But shall be fully tried on her; his pills, Emplastrums, ointments, julaps, cataplasms, Shall take their turn with her.

1871 P. Squire Compan. Last Ed. Brit. Pharmacopœia (ed. 8) 111 The Emplastra of the British Pharmacopœia are as follows, the formulæ for which will be found under names of the drugs from which they are prepared.

1907 W. Osler & J. W. Churchman in W. Osler & T. McCrae Mod. Med. III. xii. 513 Mercurial Plasters.—These, formerly much lauded, have fallen into disuse. The famous emplastrum of Vigo, contained besides mercury twenty-three other drugs, each possessing marvellous qualities.

1990 T. D. Turner in D. Krasner Chronic Wound Care iv. 31 The 1949 British Pharmaceutical Codex..reduced the number of medicated gauzes to five and medicated plasters (Emplastrums) to four.

2003 Pharmacy in Hist. 45 34/2 We can see that pharmacists were skillful in compounding many different remedies in the form of troches, ointments, emplastra, electuaries, confections, and condites.