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A spread plaster of the Emplastrum adhaeaivum. It is also called Strapping. Engliah Court Plaster is a Sparadrap, (F.) Taffetas agylutinatif, T. gomme, Taffetas d'Angleterre, Ser'icum An'glicum, Emplas'trum Anglicum. E. Anglica'num, E. Adhaesi'vum Woodstock'ii, E. Ichthyocol'lae telae induc'tum, E. Glutino'sum, Tela Ichthyocol'lae glu'tinans, Isinglass Plaster. It is made by stretching black silk, and brushing it over with a solution of isinglass, in proof spirit, to which tinct. benzoin are added. When dry, this is repeated five times; after this, two coats are given it of a solution of tereb. Chiae, in tinct. benz., which render it less liable to crack. Liston's Isinglass Plaster is made by spreading several coats of strong solution of isinglass in weak spirit over oiled silk, or, still better, over animal membrane previously prepared for the purpose from the peritoneal coat of the caecum of the ox.