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Arnica  n.  (Bot.) A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant. Note: The tincture of arnica is applied externally as a remedy for bruises, sprains, etc.






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"Arnica" Quotes from Famous Books



... eye with fresh butter, renewing it every few minutes for the space of an hour or two; if such be well and perseveringly done, the disagreeable appearance of a "black eye" will in all probability be prevented. A capital remedy for a "black eye" is the Arnica Lotion,— ...
— Advice to a Mother on the Management of her Children • Pye Henry Chavasse

... atmosphere of arnica and dejection in the house when we got there. Ill-health seemed to be rampant. "Did you lose him?" asked Bangs hopefully from ...
— At Good Old Siwash • George Fitch

... with stones and brickbats that the next morning, when he came round to the shop to report progress, he had a black eye, and a cut head, and a torn coat, and a nasty bruise on one of his legs. Mrs. Bull had to patch up his coat and give him some arnica ...
— The Casual Ward - academic and other oddments • A. D. Godley

... divided between opposing desires: One, for rescue followed by sympathy and supper; the other, for the alarming experience of a night of terror where I lay. Nature conquering Art, I yelled; and the episode terminated prosaically with a warm bath and arnica. But from it I judge that desire for the woes and perils of authorship was with me ...
— Paul Kelver • Jerome Klapka, AKA Jerome K. Jerome

... about him! our poor friend!... Monsieur Mouche, be kind enough to open a window! It seems to me that a compress of arnica would do him ...
— The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard • Anatole France



Words linked to "Arnica" :   unction, heartleaf arnica, unguent, Arnica montana, genus Arnica, arnica bud, ointment, tincture, salve, balm, Arnica cordifolia



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