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1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. viii. xxxiii. 198/1 It [sc. Gum Caranna] is also apply'd to the Temples upon small Plaisters or Patches in the Head-Ach.

1951 L. E. H. Whitby & M. Hynes Med. Bacteriol. (ed. 5) xiv. 260 A positive reaction is indicated by areas of induration under the tuberculin patches.

1984 Arch. Internal Med. 144 1211 The drug was incorporated into small self-adhesive delivery systems (pliable skin patches, 3.5-sq-cm area) designed to continuously deliver 0.1 mg of clonidine hydrochloride per day.

1989 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 6 May 1220/1 Transdermal hyoscine was applied as a patch to glabrous skin behind the ear.

1992 Independent 12 May 15/1 Once the angina patch is removed..the drug concerned, glyceryl trinitrate, clears from the body tissue after 20 minutes.

2000 Dog Fancy July 32/3 Options for relief..include..skin patches that release narcotics such as fentanyl.

1890 Lancet 17 May 1063/1 The secondary eruptions of syphilis and the skin patches of leprosy have sometimes a vivid resemblance.

1954 Tubercle 35 142/1 Her general practitioner treated her by local applications of an anti-histamine cream, and three skin patch tests were negative.

1984 Arch. Internal Med. 144 1211 The drug was incorporated into small self-adhesive delivery systems (pliable skin patches, 3.5-sq-cm area) designed to continuously deliver 0.1 mg of clonidine hydrochloride per day.

2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 13 Feb. xiii. 8/5 Transdermal skin patches, which stick like bandages as they deliver medications, have several advantages over pills.