ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SINAPISM
From Late Latin sināpismus, from Greek sinapismos application of mustard plaster, from sinapi mustard, of Egyptian origin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SINAPISM»
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1
London Medical Gazette: Or, Journal of Practical Medicine
with the Calomel, every four hours; and sinapism applied to the abdomen. 10 o'
clock p.m. — Discharge of fluid from the wound much lessened ; belly rather
tympanitic, and tender on pressure; pulse 76 ; disagreeable smell emitted from
the ...
2
The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal ...
I have ordered a sinapism to be applied to the side. In the evening I called, and
found that she had slept for some time after the application of the sinapism, but
had awakened, complaining of pain in the side, which seemed to me to be worse
...
3
The New England Journal of Medicine
After the operation of the emetic, a large sinapism over the epigastrium
completes the cure. This last remedy, I consideras asi-ne qua non in all the cases
which I have noticed, in my enumeration of the causes of cramp of the stomach. It
should ...
4
Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal
Hot turpentine frictions to the feet and legs ; a large sinapism to the abdomen. At
half after one o'clock, pulse 95, soft, regular, and more perceptible ; surface
somewhat warm ; countenance more lively ; voice stronger; the livor
disappearing ...
diluted with its volume of water ; on the contrary, no effect whatever was then
manifested in forty five minutes. Nay, concentrated acetic acid itself appears not
more powerful then simple water. A sinapism made with it had no effect in six ...
6
A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the Whole Body of ...
space of time it must abide do the plaeesi But if the Sinapism after X *"'-\W ->,__..
long admotion act not, nor alter the colour of the skin, it must be fomented with hot
water with a sponge , that the faculty of the Sinapism may be easier intromitted; ...
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The New Hampshire Journal of Medicine
Secondly — Does a sinapism prepared with warm water, act more speedily than
one prepared with cold water ? "We applied two sinapisms, one prepared with
water at 90°, the other with water at 34°. Cold water — see first experiment.
Edward Hazen Parker, George H. Hubbard, 1851
8
The Transylvania Journal of Medicine and the Associate Sciences
When the sinapism was made with common vinegar, instead of water, its activity
was not increased, as is commonly supposed to be the case: it was, on the
contrary, much retarded and diminished. In fifteen minutes, there was extremely
slight ...
In a few minutes after it i* applied, the sinapism causes a sensation of heat, which
increases to almost intolerable burning. After some time, the pain subsides, and
is followed by a sense of weight and throbbing of the arteries. If the sinapism be ...
Robert Eglesfeld Griffith, 1866
10
A Manual of practical therapeutics considered chiefly with ...
In Cholera, Colic, Colica Pictomim, Ileus, and in Spasmodic Affections of the
Bowels unattended by Inflammation, a sinapism over the whole surface of the
abdomen affords, in mOBt cases, a great amount of relief. Gastrodynia is also
often ...
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