gold-beater's

I applied the lunar caustic lightly over the surface of the sore, and then the gold-beater's skin.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

It must also be particularly borne in mind, that the eschar must be constantly defended by the gold-beater's skin, which must be removed and reapplied at each examination.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

In the water, too, I see the brown leaves of the perfoliate pondweed; they are almost transparent, and look when dry something like gold-beater's skin.

Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton

I applied the lunar caustic to form an eschar and protected it with gold-beater's skin.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

The skin surrounding the wound is simply moistened with a drop of water, and the gold-beater's skin is then to be applied over it and over the eschar, to which it soon adheres firmly, but from which it may be removed at any time, by again moistening it for a moment with water; the same bit of gold-beater's skin admits of being again and again reapplied in the same manner.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom

The bags were composed of rubber-proofed fabric lined with gold-beater's skin to reduce permeability, and when completely full gave a total volume of 890,000 cubic feet.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

Continental fabric, as in use on the Zeppelin airships, was adopted, although the original intention was to use gold-beater's skin, but this was abandoned owing to shortage of material.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

The envelope was fish-shaped and composed of gold-beater's skin, with a volume of 21,000 cubic feet.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

The bags, eighteen in number, are made of rubber-proofed fabric lined with gold-beater's skin.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

The caustic must not, therefore, be applied in these cases, until the inflammation has entirely subsided; but when there remains only a small superficial ulceration, the caustic may be passed lightly over the ulcerated surface to form an eschar which is to be defended by the gold-beater's skin; for the affection is then reduced to the state of a common superficial ulcer.

An Essay on the Application of the Lunar Caustic in the Cure of Certain Wounds and Ulcers John Higginbottom