单词 | alum curd |
释义 | > as lemmasalum curd alum curd n. now historical milk or egg white curdled with alum, used chiefly as a poultice. ΚΠ 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 23 Mar. (1948) I. 222 I am now got into bed, and have put on allum curd, and it is almost well. 1860 H. C. Wood Treat. Therapeutics (ed. 2) I. ii. 142 A cataplasm of alum-curd may sometimes be preferable, in the cases of ulcer and anastomotic aneurism. 1902 Spatula 9 85 An Alum Curd, often directed by physicians for mild inflammations of the eyes, is made by dropping a lump of alum into sweet milk and allowing it to stand until the milk sets. 1999 K. K. Moss Southern Folk Med. 1750–1820 x. 115 The Edinburgh New Dispensatory offered a receipt for alum curd, prepared by shaking raw egg white and alum together. < as lemmas |
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