. A treatise on pharmacy .. . e large circular plasters to be applied over thebreast of the female on the kind of skin called chamois, which ismore flexible and yielding, though equally durable with the differ-ently dressed sheepskin. Breast Plasters.—The frequent demand for stimulating, sedative applications to the mammas of females, as preventivesor remedies for mammary abscess, has given rise to several combina-tions, described on page 779; it now remains to indicate a suitablepattern for this kind of plaster. The usual shape prescribed is that of a circle, about 8 inches indi
. A treatise on pharmacy .. . e large circular plasters to be applied over thebreast of the female on the kind of skin called chamois, which ismore flexible and yielding, though equally durable with the differ-ently dressed sheepskin. Breast Plasters.—The frequent demand for stimulating, sedative applications to the mammas of females, as preventivesor remedies for mammary abscess, has given rise to several combina-tions, described on page 779; it now remains to indicate a suitablepattern for this kind of plaster. The usual shape prescribed is that of a circle, about 8 inches indiameter, with a hole in the middle, the diameter should be variedwith the size of the mammae, and the hole should in no case be lessthan an inch in diameter, so as to allow ample room for the nipple toproject and even for the infant to be nursed if required. In order to supply these to physicians in distant localities, who have notfacilities for spreading them or ready resort to competent pharmaceutists I Fig. 210. Fig. Pattern for breast plasters. Mammary abscess plaster. 782 PLASTEKS, PLASMATA, AND CATAPLASMS. have made the pattern shown in the drawings. The diameter of the spreadplaster is 7 inches, the margin 1 inch, the orifice for the nipple is placednearer to one side, in conformity with the shape of the enlarged mammae,and the fact that the hardness is apt to be on the under, swagging hole has the diameter of 1^ inch, besides a very narrow margin. Thestrip remaining unspread is designed to be cut open on the dotted lines,Fig. 211, adapting the plaster to the curved shape of the breast and tobreasts of different sizes. The pattern of tinned iron, Fig. 210, is designedto be tacked over the smooth skin to facilitate the spreading of these plas-ters, which are of various materials, the most highly esteemed compositionbeing that given on page 779, as recommended by Dr. Ellwood Wilson. Insome cases the simple Logans plaster is spread, for others tobacco oi
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