fomentation
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The cause of this fomentation of tourists was a gleaming, new, $750,000 Latter-day Saints Temple.
From Time Magazine Archive
Concerned that Fanny was not improving, Emma and Elizabeth sent for the apothecary, a Mr. B., who “ordered fomentation with poppy heads,” Emma noted.
From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman
A blister may also be applied on the head, and the fomentation nevertheless occasionally repeated.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Warmth applied externally to the stomach by hot cloths or fomentation.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
Such as, first, a fomentation on the head with warm water, with or without aromatic herbs, or salt in it, should be continued for an hour or two at a time, and frequently repeated.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
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