Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A caoutchouc bag for holding broken ice when used as a cold application in surgical treatment, especially for the eye, spine, etc.
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Examples
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At ten, while Carol was preparing an ice-bag in the kitchen,
Main Street 2004
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He stalked to the bathroom for the ice-bag, down to the kitchen for ice.
Babbit 2004
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What she said to herself as she moved tirelessly about the sick room, damping cloths, filling the ice-bag, infiltering drops of nourishment, was: “God is good!” and these words, far from breathing a pious resignation, voiced a confidence so bold that it bordered on irreverence.
Australia Felix 2003
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Fill it three-quarters full of finely chopped ice, put the ice-bag in a towel, and place on the patient's head.
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There should be only one thickness of the towel between the ice-bag and the head.
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An ice-bag should be constantly applied to the painful area and the bowels kept freely open with a saline laxative.
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It will be necessary to keep a record of the fever so that the ice-bag may be withdrawn when it falls below 103° F.
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The following ointment may be applied, though the ice-bag is the better and more certain treatment: Ichthyol 25 per cent.,
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A hot-water bottle may be put near its feet and an ice-bag or cold cloths should be kept on its head.
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-- An ice-bag constantly applied is the best treatment.
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