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A C1900 Unused Box of Court Plasters. Dimension of box. 5″ x 3.5″ x 3.5″. Dimensions of plasters: 3″ x 1.5″. A court plaster is:” an adhesive plaster especially of silk coated with isinglass and glycerin.” They were used in their day as band aids are used today. The box seems untouched. It contains 12 packets of about 20 plasters. The maker is Colin S. Few, working in Middletown, Pennsylvania
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M and R Gordon
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