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Description: | PAPER MUSTARD LEAF GUARANTEED SUPER QUALITY DIRECTIONS FOR USE STEEP THE LEAF FOR A FEW SECONDS IN COLD OR TEPID WATER, AND WHENTHOROUGHLY WET APPLY TO THE SKIN, FASTENING IT WITH A HANKERCHIEF OR BANDAGE. IN CASES OF HEADACHE APPLY AT THE BACK OF THE NECK. APPLICATION TIME FIVE MINUTES. Evans Medical Supplies Ltd., Liverpool & London. MADE IN ENGLAND (printed on the front of the envelope) MANU Evans Medical Supplies Ltd mid 20th century Liverpool and London England These are used to reduce the secretion of milk in a nursing mother, or to relieve myalgia (muscular pain). Mustard leaf is used as a counter-irritant, acting as a local stimulant. It would be moistened and applied to the skin, on top of a sheet of gauze, and left for five to ten minutes. It would be used on areas of considerable internal pain, concentrating he patient;'s attention on the localised burning sensation rather than the internal pain. This application is known as a rubefacient - causing s blush or deep reddening of the area. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | GLASGOWCOLLEGEOFNURSING : NURSING : TEACHING : TRAINING : DRESSING : PLASTER : MUSTARD : RUBEFACIENT : PAIN : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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