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Plaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Plaster was a common building material for wall surfaces in a process known as lath and plaster, in which a series of wooden strips were covered with a semi-dry plaster and then hardened into a flat surface. Plaster is also often used as an intermediate stage in the production of large cast sculptures (typically of cast bronze) or in the creation of carved stone, particularly for building decoration. An advantage of this plaster image is that it is relatively cheap; should a patron approve of the durable image and be willing to bear further expense, subsequent molds could be made for the creation of a wax image to be used in lost wax casting, a far more expensive process. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/plaster   (874 words)

DARE abstract20006437   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Sticking plaster was widely used in other hospitals in the same geographic area as that of the study hospital. Of the patients excluded from the initial sample (30.6), 12 were in the sticking plaster group, 9 in the gauze bandage group, 4 in the Haid group and 5 in the Secure-Easy group. Sticking plaster was the least effective, and the authors stated that its use was interrupted during the study. nhscrd.york.ac.uk /online/nhseed/20006437.htm   (1623 words)

BBC - h2g2 - Sticking Plasters A sticking plaster is a small patch of gauze bandage, set in a strip of flesh-coloured adhesive tape. Another popular misconception is that the sticking plaster is meant for general use, anywhere on the body. The sticking plaster was never intended, or indeed designed, for use on the arms, hands or fingers. www.bbc.co.uk /h2g2/guide/A255098   (588 words)

Plaster - Amazon.com: Books: Figure Sculpture in Wax and Plaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) I make plaster casts of penises and breasts that are attached to rock stars and other talented earthlings.. plaster casting, as a sculpture process, is of three kinds. Plaster defined, with images of examples of works in plaster, great quotations, and links to other resources. aaron.nomorebetter.com /pnb/aaron-plaster.html   (241 words)

Plaster - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) In medicine, it is also widely used as a support for broken bones; a bandage impregnated with plaster is moistened and then wrapped around the damaged limb, setting into a close-fitting yet easily removed tube. Many early buildings in Paris, Ontario were made with abundant amounts of this material, hence the town's name. Lime plaster is a mixture of calcium hydroxide and river sand (or other inert fillers). open-encyclopedia.com /Plaster_of_paris   (433 words)

Old Time Remedy - Cancer (1) The following is said to be a sure cure for cancer : A piece of sticking plaster is put over the cancer, with a circular piece cut out of the center, a little larger than the cancer, so that the cancer and a small circular rim of healthy skin next to it is exposed. Then a plaster, made of chloride of zinc, bloodroot, and wheat flour, is spread on a piece of muslin, the size of this circular opening, and applied to the cancer for twenty-four hours. The remedy was discovered by Dr. King, of London, and has been used by him for several years with unfailing success, and not a case has been known of the reappearance of the cancer when this remedy has been applied. www.oldandsold.com /articles12/cancer.shtml   (303 words)

Sticking plaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) A sticking plaster is a small medical dressing used for injuries not serious enough require a bandage. A plaster usually consists of an absorbent (often medicated with antiseptic) covered by a layer of woven or of plastic which is covered in layer of adhesive. The plaster is such that the pad covers the wound does not stick to the wound) and fabric or plastic sticks to the surrounding to hold the dressing in place and dirt from entering the wound. www.freeglossary.com /Sticking_plaster   (649 words)

plaster. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. To apply a plaster to: plaster an aching muscle. To affix conspicuously, usually with a paste: plaster notices on all the doors. To make adhere to another surface: “His hair was plastered to his forehead” (William Golding). www.bartleby.com /61/58/P0355800.html   (221 words)

British Design Innovation An ingenious reinterpretation of the traditional sticking plaster is the winner of the DBA Design Challenge 2004/5. Sticking plasters belong to a class of products that we bless and curse in equal measure. Not as easy as it seems because the sticking plaster will defend itself vigorously by curling back on itself — try and peel it back and it will be unusable and we must then start all over again. www.britishdesign.co.uk /?page=newsservice/view&news_id=4251   (1394 words)

Sticking plaster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Sticking plaster -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article A plaster usually consists of an absorbent pad (often medicated with (A substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues) antiseptic) covered by a layer of woven fabric or of plastic which is covered in a layer of adhesive. Sticking plasters are often called by their brand names such as (An elastic adhesive bandage for covering cuts or wounds) Elastoplast or (Click link for more info and facts about BAND-AID) BAND-AID. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/sticking_plaster.htm   (216 words)

Sticking Plaster Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Looking For sticking plaster - Find sticking plaster and more at Lycos Search. Find sticking plaster - Your relevant result is a click away! Look for sticking plaster - Find sticking plaster at one of the best sites the Internet has to offer! www.stardustmemories.com /encyclopedia/Sticking_plaster   (408 words)

Photo of Vale Farm Debris   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Immediately below from left to right are a piece of plastic strap, a feather, white and yellow chewing gum, a sticking plaster, bits of paper, a larger sticking plaster, matted hair and two elasticised hair bands. All this was found on the floor of one swimming lane within minutes of the pool being opened on a Sunday morning. One of my main complaints over four years has been about the amount of debris on the floor of the swimming pool and sometimes, floating between the floor and surface. www.btinternet.com /~paul.burns/debris.htm   (313 words)

Annotate No More Tears Sticking Plaster This means that I often experience the worst pain in the world - a pain worse than having one's knackers smashed between two housebricks - the pain caused by the hair removal that comes along with taking off a sticking plaster. Once the hair is removed, the pansy could use a normal sticking plaster and take the opportunity to rip it from his person in front of a conveniently assembled mass of pretty, impressionable girls. If you have a plaster stuck to body hair and want to remove it painlessly, use some rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab. www.halfbakery.com /idea/No_20More_20Tears_20Sticking_20Plaster/addnote   (563 words)

Courier News Story A Dundee man was disgusted to discover a sticking plaster in a meal bought from a local McDonald’s restaurant. “It was a blue plaster and she had actually picked it up out of the bag by mistake and got such a shock that she dropped it back in again. The plaster was squashed together so it had not fallen off of someone’s finger by accident. www.thecourier.co.uk /output/2004/01/15/newsstory5530207t0.asp   (450 words)

Jan's Craft Kitchen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Mix with a palette knife or putty knife until plaster will not absorb any more solution and an no longer be mixed. Knead several minutes, adding more plaster until you have a workable clay-like mixture that is stiff enough to hold its shape. Dough made with materials other than plaster can be stored almost indefinitely if kept moist with a damp cloth in an airtight container. www.bydonovan.com /gesso.html   (139 words)

plaster Plaster cast, a copy of an object obtained by pouring Plaster of Paris bandage (Surg.), a bandage saturated with To cover with a plaster, as a wound or sore. dictionary-x.com /plaster.html   (480 words)

Auckland Allergy Clinic - Colophony sensitivity: From sticking plaster allergy to newspaper allergy Auckland Allergy Clinic - Colophony sensitivity: From sticking plaster allergy to newspaper allergy Colophony Sensitivity: From Sticking Plaster Allergy to Newspaper Allergy A study done with New Zealand Pine Processing Sawmill workers & published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine in Feb 2001, concluded that " Working in pine sawmilling is associated with an increased prevalence of asthma and cough symptoms and eye and nose irritation." www.allergyclinic.co.nz /guides/60.html   (403 words)

definition of plaster A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house. www.brainydictionary.com /words/pl/plaster203654.html   (194 words)

Halfbakery: No More Tears Sticking Plaster I am very hairy and I keep falling down and hurting myself. Won't stick to wounds [oneoffdave, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004] Being fairly hirsuite myself, I appreciate from whence [calum] is coming. www.halfbakery.com /idea/No_20More_20Tears_20Sticking_20Plaster   (541 words)

plaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) It is adhesive at the ordinary temperature of the body, and is used, according to its composition, to produce a medicinal effect, to bind parts together, etc.; as, a porous plaster; sticking plaster. Definition: A composition of lime, water, and sand, with or without hair as a bond, for coating walls, ceilings, and partitions of houses. Definition: Calcined gypsum, or plaster of Paris, especially when ground, as used for making ornaments, figures, moldings, etc.; or calcined gypsum used as a fertilizer. www.quotes-zone.com /quotes/21/plaster.php   (112 words)

Scotsman.com News - Opinion - Leaders - NHS sticking plaster Paying key health workers up to £130 an hour to work overtime to clear the backlog will help thousands of patients in the short term, and it may do something to tackle the appalling retention rates among hospital staff. Either way, these overtime payments can be no more than the ‘sticking plaster solution’ described by the Tories. Fine, if money is available to make inroads into the lists (and judging by last year’s £500m financial underspend, it is), then spend some of it relieving patients’ suffering. news.scotsman.com /leaders.cfm?id=960822003   (617 words)

BBC NEWS | Health | Sticking plaster to aid diabetics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) A sticking plaster concealing a tiny pump could provide relief for patients who need regular medication. The plaster could be worn on the skin while treatments such as insulin for diabetics are released through the device. The micro-pump will allow patients to carry and receive a three-day supply of insulin inconspicuously on any part of their body. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/health/3612065.stm   (332 words)

MSN Encarta - Thesaurus - sticking plaster (n) MSN Encarta - Thesaurus - sticking plaster (n) Search for "sticking plaster" in all of MSN Encarta Synonyms: bandage, dressing, pad, lint, adhesive bandage, adhesive, plaster, corn plaster encarta.msn.com /thesaurus_561589110/sticking_plaster.html   (58 words)

Guardian | Industry is offered a sticking plaster Gordon Brown held out the prospect yesterday of investment allowances, a bit more cash channelled through regional development agencies, and a new tax credit for innovation. But this is industrial sticking plaster, the equivalent of giving a new set of kit to the team at the bottom of the league and hoping it will turn them into world beaters. What industry really needs is sharply lower interest rates, a cheaper currency, stronger global demand, a re-think of the climate change levy so that energy-efficient firms are not penalised, and cuts in business rates and employment taxes to reduce costs. www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4268241-108079,00.html   (793 words)

plaster - Wiktionary (British) An small adhesive bandage to cover a minor wound (a sticking plaster) To cover or coat something with plaster, or apply a plaster To hide or cover up, as if with plaster en.wiktionary.org /wiki/Plaster   (90 words)

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Nasa's shuttle sticking plaster The brick-colored putty is still soft, filling the tile block like cake batter in a pan. Nasa, in fact, dusted off a 25-year-old research project to build its spaceship sticking plaster. Back in the early days of the shuttle programme, managers were concerned that the shuttle's silica tiles, which protect the ship's aluminum skin from the searing temperatures of atmospheric re-entry, would fall off entirely. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3122950.stm   (523 words)

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | 'This is a futile sticking plaster for a running sore' Green groups condemned the government's plans to widen Britain's biggest roads and said it was a waste of money and a betrayal of the promises on transport - it would merely postpone inevitable gridlock. The Friends of the Earth transport campaigner Tony Bosworth said: "It is a betrayal of Labour's pledges to improve public transport and not concrete over the countryside. This announcement is just a giant, expensive and futile sticking plaster applied to the running sore that is Britain's transport crisis." www.guardian.co.uk /uk_news/story/0,3604,994941,00.html   (494 words)

Labour budget is just a sticking plaster for the election say Lib Dems (Bristol West Liberal Democrats)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) Labour budget is just a sticking plaster for the election say Lib Dems (Bristol West Liberal Democrats) Labour budget is just a sticking plaster for the election say Lib Dems The Chancellor has delivered a budget which is little more than a sticking plaster for the General Election. www.bristolwest-libdems.org.uk /news/139.html   (455 words)

plaster, plastered, plasters, plastering- WordWeb dictionary definition A medical dressing consisting of a soft heated mass of meal or clay that is spread on a cloth and applied to the skin to treat inflamed areas or improve circulation etc. A surface of hardened plaster (as on a wall or ceiling) Type of: adhesive tape, affix, calcium sulfate, calcium sulphate, coat, cover, covering material, dress, dressing, medical dressing, mixture, stick on, surface www.wordwebonline.com /en/PLASTER   (131 words)

ABD Press Release - "Sticking Plaster" Road Safety Bill Shows Government Running Out of Ideas on Road Deaths - ... ABD Press Release - "Sticking Plaster" Road Safety Bill Shows Government Running Out of Ideas on Road Deaths - 2004-12-01 The Road Safety Bill, published today, is full of sticking plaster measures which do nothing but illustrate how deep is the hole the Government have dug for themselves on this issue. Road death numbers have failed to improve significantly in the last ten years, despite record levels of investment in so called safety measures, many more restrictions on drivers and unprecedented criminalisation of a majority group of responsible citizens. www.abd.org.uk /pr/421.htm   (478 words)

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