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

The fomentation should be frequently renewed, and the sprained part kept in a state of rest and relaxation.

From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

The administration of a mild aperient or an enema, rest, starvation and fomentation will probably put matters right again—at any rate for a time.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

Another fomentation, a visit from the doctor, who put us all on stout, and dinner was up.

From A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition by Ross, P. T.