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Items for Making Mustard Plaster
1920's
Saskatchewan, Canada


Credits:
Assiniboia Museum

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Mustard plasters were a very common remedy in the early years and are seldom used at the present. The mixture of equal amount of dry mustard and flour mixed with a bit of water to make a paste, covering on one side of the flannel, fold over and placed on the patient's (victim's) chest. This was an aid to congested lungs. To recycle the flannel the mustard paste may have been placed on a piece of newspaper placed between the folded flannels.