Meaning of mustard-plaister | Babel Free

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“The best mustard-plaister is made thus : take of mustard, in powder, two and a half parts, linseed-meal two and a half parts, boiling water ten parts.”

“On removing a mustard-plaister, you must immediately cover the portion of the skin, over which it was applied, with a piece of flannel, or with cotton wool.”

“He said there was nothing the matter with me, and prescribed a mild solution of peppermint, which was neither nice nor useful; in the evening he came again, and ordered leeches and a mustard-plaister.”

“One of the first occasions on which the reader is introduced to him when not enveloped in this fog is when his mother and a doctor roll him up in too strong a mustard-plaister.”

“...these Gissing 'mustard-plaisters' are still much coveted by collectors, and it is well worth rescuing from "the inequity of oblivion" examples of other Gissing novels published in the uniform series and house-styles of the 1890's and after.”

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