| Description | This is a package of Mustard Plaster, presented in yellow and black paper packaging. On one side, black lettering states:
TRADE MARK LOT'S PRIGOLLOT, REGISTERED. LASTER OR MUSTARD LEAVES Prepared for Sinapisms.
DIRECTIONS: Immerse the leaf for a few seconds in water, cold in summer and tepid in winter. When wet apply it to the skin and secure it with a handkerchief or a bandage. Price ONE SHILLING containing Six Leaves. WHOLESALE 67, Southwark Bridge Road, LONDON. Sold Retail By all Chemists and Druggist 6 leaves."
On the other side, the packaging highlights the advantages of mustard leaves for sinapisms:
Cleanliness and simplicity
Ready for immediate use
Easily carried about like a letter or a pocketbook
Will keep in good condition in any climate and for any length of time
A safe rubefacient, being strictly what it is called—a real composition of mustard.
Observation: Each leaf covers a surface of 14 square inches. If too small, two, three, or more may be used, and if too large, it may be divided with scissors before being immersed in water."
Inside, five leaves remain. Each leaf has one side covered in mustard, while the other is printed with:
"SINAPISMES EN FEUILLES (CODEX) RIGOLLOT'S PAPIER MOUTARDE (CODEX) NEW MUSTARD PLASTER OR MUSTARD LEAVES FOR SINAPISMS ADOPTED BY THE HOSPITALS OF PARIS, FIELD AND MILITARY HOSPITALS, BY THE ENGLISH ROYAL NAVY, AND THE FRENCH NATIONAL NAVY, ETC.
DIRECTIONS: Immerse the leaf for a few seconds in water—cold in summer and tepid in winter. When wet, apply it to the skin and secure it with a handkerchief or a bandage.
MANUFACTURED BY RIGOLLOT, 13, Rue Pavée, Paris, France. SOLD RETAIL By all Chemists and Druggists."
Diagonally across the packaging, "Rigollot" is written in red italic ink.
Mustard plasters, a poultice of mustard see powder, were historically used as a counterirritant, applied to the chest, back, or affected areas to stimulate circulation, relieve muscle and join pain, and ease respiratory ailments. While once a common household remedy, mustard plasters have largely been replaced by modern topical treatments and medications.
Donated by Prof. FitzGerald. |