Blistering Plaster
From The housekeeper's companion, 1883
This method is simpler and less painful than using lard or spermaceti ointment.
Presented as published in 1883. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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As published
This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 199. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
Blistering Plaster and Liquid. — ^Blistering a surface with cantharides may be effected in two ways; one, by the application of the ordinary blister plaster, the other by paint- ing with blistering liquid. When the plaster is used it is usual to leave it on the skin of an adult for eight or ten hours; when, if it has raised a blister, this is to be cut, and the fluid having run out, the surface is then to be covered with a piece of fine dry wadding or carded wool
Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.