Pad

An Illustrated Dictionary of Medicine, Biology and Allied Sciences · 1907 · p. 34

1. A small bag stuffed with cotton, hair, etc., used as a cushion for the support of any part of the body. See Liver-pad. 2. Also, synonym of Compre . P. of Corpus callosum, the splenium of the callosum. P., Dinner, a folded towel laid over the region of the stomach in applying a plaster-of- Paris jacket, to give space for the distention of the stomach by the food.