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Isinglass Plaster

From The housekeeper's companion, 1883

This plaster allows the state of a cut beneath it to be seen clearly and can be removed with warm water.

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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This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 281. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Isinglass Plaster. — A very clean, simple and useful kind of plaster can be home-made — that is isinglass plaster. What is called "Persian" silk, is to be firmly stretched and painted with a moderately thick solution of isinglass

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