sparadrap

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The blue eyes of Marie Launay always serve as a sparadrap to a fallen minister Was the fat Molina right?

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  • The blue eyes of Marie Launay always serve as a sparadrap to a fallen minister Was the fat Molina right? —  His Excellency the Minister
  • Finally, when all seems to be going on well, warm spata drapum (sparadrap) is to be applied upon a bandage, and if necessary the apostolicon ointment Dislocation of the elbow is reduced by passing a bandage around the bend of the arm, forming in this a loop (_scapham_) into which the foot of the surgeon is to be placed for counter-extension, while with the hands extension is to be made upon the forearm until the bones are drawn into their normal position. —  Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
  • The blue eyes of Marie Launay always serve as a sparadrap to a fallen minister! " —  His Excellency the Minister
  • _spata drapum_ (sparadrap) is to be applied upon a bandage, and if necessary the apostolicon ointment. —  Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century
 

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  1. from French sparadrap, Old French sparadrapa = Spanish esparadrapo, espadrapo, esparadrajo = Italian sparadrappo, New Latin sparadrapum; origin uncertain.
 

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