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First published 2001 (DOST Vol. IX).
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Quotation dates: 1643
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Sparadrap, n. [e.m.E. sparadrap (1543), F. sparadrap (c1560, both in Larousse), med. L. sparadrapum (OED).] A piece of cloth dipped in or spread with some medicament for use as a poultice. — 1643 Edinb. B. Rec. VIII 38.
Ther is divers differences liklie to aryse betwix the … chirurgians and the apothecaries … anent the … applying of sparadraps [etc.]
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