fumigation

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Though Zika cases have dropped since fumigations earlier this year, pregnancies from the infectious fall and winter are now coming to term.

From National Geographic • Oct. 19, 2016

The Cabalists do nothing, but by the principles of nature: and if there are sometimes found in our books certain strange words, characters, or fumigations, ’tis but to conceal the philosophical principles from the ignorant.

From Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples by Anonymous

Before every ceremony the officiating priest had to submit to ablutions, sometimes to fumigations or anointing, and to abstain from certain foods and from incontinence for a certain time.

From The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism by Cumont, Franz

In some cases aromatic fumigations of sage, rosemary, or mint, boiled in water, are employed, the balsamic vapours which arise therefrom being at once tonic and purifying.

From On the cattle plague: or, Contagious typhus in horned cattle. Its history, origin, description, and treatment by Bourguignon, Honor?

To avoid the latter, occasional, or it may be frequent, fumigations must be resorted to.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons