Diapalma

In pharmacology, diapalma (from Lat dia, "made of" + palma, "palm"^[1]) is a desiccating or drying plaster, named for the wood of the palm tree, from which the spatula is made that is used to stir the mixture while boiling.^[2]. It was formerly composed of common oil, hogs-fat, and litharge of gold^[2]; or also of palm oil, litharge, and zinc sulphate. Now, it is made of white wax, emplastrum simplex, and sulphate of zinc.^[1]

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References

1. ^ ^{a b} "diapalma". Oxford English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. 2nd ed. 1989.
2. ^ ^{a b} This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.