What does mustard-plaster mean?
Mustard-plaster means Alternative form of mustard plaster..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Alternative form of mustard plaster..
The mustard-plasters (whether first or second in time) are only to stay on long enough to redden, not blister, the skin.
If in a paper on the value of home remedies, however, you offer as fact the statement that mustard-plasters are good for curing colds, you will have to cite a wide and representative sampling of incidents as well as testimony from respected medical authorities to convince your audience.
An intelligent, educated, proud, freedom-loving man, in the image of God, has no other way out save to go as a medico into a filthy, stupid, miserable hole of a town —and all his life consists of cupping glasses, leeches, mustard-plasters!
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Mustard-plaster means Alternative form of mustard plaster..
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The mustard-plasters (whether first or second in time) are only to stay on long enough to redden, not blister, the skin.
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