gauze vs sticking plaster

gauze

noun
  • A similar bleached cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing. 

  • A thin fabric with a loose, open weave. 

  • Wire gauze, used as fence. 

  • A thin woven metal or plastic mesh. 

  • Mist or haze 

verb
  • To apply a dressing of gauze 

  • To mist; to become gauze-like. 

sticking plaster

noun
  • An adhesive bandage used in dressing wounds 

  • An inadequate solution to a serious problem. 

How often have the words gauze and sticking plaster occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )