fomentation
Example Sentences
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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
The object is, to make it act as a fomentation in the immediate vicinity of the parts.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
Should not this treatment give relief, make a fomentation of hops, and apply it to the belly; and give half an ounce of manna.
From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George
For a moment I, just able to do a poultice or a fomentation, resented it.
From A Diary Without Dates by Bagnold, Enid
