Cooley's Cyclopædia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume II

by Arnold James Cooley; Richard Vine Tuson

Plaster, Diach′ylon. See Plaster of Lead.

Plaster, Diapal′ma. See Plaster, Palm.

Plaster of El′emi. Syn. Emplastrum elemi, L. Prep. From wax plaster, 3 parts; gum elemi, 1 part; melted together by a gentle heat. Stimulant and discutient. Used for issues, &c.

Plaster of Euphor′bium. Syn. Emplastrum euphorbii, L. Prep. 1. (Guy’s Hosp.) Burgundy pitch plaster, 8 oz.; melt, and add of euphorbium (in powder), 1 dr.

2. (Capuchin plaster—Ph. Wirt.) Burgundy pitch and beeswax, of each 3 oz.; Venice turpentine, 1 oz.; melt them together, add, gum ammoniacum, olibanum, mastic, and lapis calaminaris, of each 1 oz.; euphorbium, pyrethrum, and common salt, of each (in powder) 2 oz.; and stir until the mass concretes. Both of the above are stimulant, rubefacient, and counter-irritant.

Plaster, Fayard’s. See Paper (Gout).

Plaster of Flower of Ointments. Syn. Emplastrum flos unguentorum dictum, L. Prep. From frankincense (thus), yellow resin, suet, and beeswax, of each 1 lb.; olibanum, ¹⁄₂ lb.; Venice turpentine, 5 oz.; gum myrrh, 2 oz.; white wine, 16 fl. oz.; boil to a plaster, adding, before the mass cool, of camphor, ¹⁄₂ oz. Calorifacient and stimulant.

Plaster of Frank′incense. Syn. Strengthening plaster; Emplastrum thuris, E. roborans, L. Prep. (Ph. L. 1788.) To lead plaster, 2 lbs., melted by a gentle heat, add of frankincense (thus), ¹⁄₂ lb., dragon’s blood (in powder), 3 oz., and stir well. In muscular relaxations, weak joints, &c. Mr Redwood says that a “better-looking plaster is produced by melting the frankincense and dragon’s blood together, and straining them through a cloth, then mixing these with the lead plaster previously melted.” See Plaster of Oxide of Iron.

Plaster of Gal′banum. Syn. Compound galbanum plaster, Yellow diachylon, Gum plaster, Diachylon with the gums, Emplastrum galbani (B. P., Ph. L.), E. gummosum (Ph. E.), L. Prep. 1. (Ph. L.) Take of strained galbanum, 8 oz.; common turpentine, 1 oz.; melt them together, then add of prepared frankincense (thus), 3 oz.; and next, of lead plaster, 3 lbs., previously melted over a slow fire.

2. (Ph. E.) Gum ammoniacum and galbanum, of each ¹⁄₂ oz.; melt them together, strain, and add, of litharge plaster, 4 oz.; beeswax, ¹⁄₂ oz. (both previously melted); and mix the whole thoroughly. These proportions are the same as those of the B. P.