Obs. Med. [ad. Gr. κατάπασμα (‘Paulus Ægineta vii. 13,’ Syd. Soc. Lex.), f. καταπάσσ-ειν to besprinkle, strew over.] ‘A former term … for any dry medicine in powder, which was sprinkled on ulcers’ (Syd. Soc. Lex.).
1657. Tomlinson, Renou’s Disp., 201. Odoriferous Powders … strewed upon cloaths are properly called Catapasms.
1678–96. in Phillips.
1818. in Todd.
1849. in Smart.
