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Physician's Materia Medica on Lead Plaster (diachylon)
LEAD PLASTER (Diachylon)
An impure oleopalmitate of lead, the coinmon base in medicinal plasters, e. g. Opium Plaster, Resin Plaster, Soap Plaster.1
An impure oleopalmitate of lead, the coinmon base in medicinal plasters, e. g. Opium Plaster, Resin Plaster, Soap Plaster.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.