CATAPLASM A

(Lat.), n. n. Ka2t(ka3tVa3-pla2z(pla )'ma3. Gen., catapJas'matos (-is). Gr., ia (from Gr.. KaTan-AaVo-eii', to smear). Fr., cataplasme. Ger., Breiumschlag. It., Sp., c. Originally, any preparation applied by rubbing or smearing; hence an ointment or plaster; now used to designate a poultice or soft ma which, applied externally, acts by the effect of combined heat and moisture to diminish pain, reduce tension, soften the integument, and promote resolution or hasten suppuration in inflammatory conditions. [B, 270 (a, 21).] Arziieiliclies C. (Ger.). See C. medic in ale.C. acetatum, C. acctosum. Fr., cataplasme rubeftant, pate acetplique. A poultice prepared with vinegar; especially one made with 100 grammes of rye-flour and a sufficiency of vinegar. The Port. Ph., 1836, directs 8"parts each of potatoes and vinegar and 1 part of ox-gall to be cooked together. The Sp. Ph., 1798, directs 32 parts of bread-crumb to be soaked in good vinegar and pounded in a mortar, and 2 parts each of powdered mastic, powdered mint, powdered cypre -fruit, 24 of oil of roses, and a sufficient quantity of barley-meal to be added to make a poultice. It is astringent, antiseptic, and excitant. [B. 108, 270 (a. 21).] C. ad cancrum. Fr., cataplasme anticancereux. A preparation official in the Bat. Ph. 1805 (Niemann's ed.), and the Frankf. Disp., 1791; consisting of 16 parts of powdered hemlock, 96 of rob of carrot, and 3 of tinctura opii crocata. Used to correct the odor and alleviate the pain of ulcerated cancer. [B, 94, 119 (a, 21V] C. ad decubitum. Syn.: imguentum ad decubitum Autenrietliii, plumbum tannicum pultiforme. 1. A preparation made by O, no; O, not; O3, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too: [s. 121]