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Encyclopedia Britannica



PLASTER

This article appears in Volume V21, Page 784 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PIG-POL
PLASTER , a mixture of lime,
hair
  and sand, used to cover rough walling of lathwork between timbers (see PLASTER-
WORK
 ) ; also a fine
white
  plaster of
gypsum
 , generally known as " plaster of Paris." The word (also as " plaister ") is used in
medicine
  of adhesive mixtures employed externally for the
protection
  of injured surfaces, for support of weak muscular or other structures:or as counter-irritants, soothing applications &c. The ultimate derivation of the word is the Gr. I.isrhao-r pots or 'Aavrov in the medical sense, from on, and rAavQety, to daub or smear.


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