sinapism

• The sinapism which the doctor ordered was applied to the hepatic region, and a small dose of calomel was administered Under this treatment she improved rapidly; but unfortunately, as her health returned her taste for drink increased in a like proportion. —  A Mummer's Wife
• Leading to balm or sinapism? —  Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, February 23, 1916
• The sinapism which the doctor ordered was applied to the hepatic region, and a small dose of calomel was administered. —  A Mummer's Wife
• "Well! the Dujarrier was right," she said; "a woman's scheming works easier than a sinapism." —  His Excellency the Minister
• If two pods of aji, steeped in warm vinegar, are laid as a sinapism on the skin, in the space of a quarter of an hour the part becomes red, and the pain intolerable; within an hour the scarf-skin will be removed. —  Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms