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

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 Darwin, Erasmus

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 Darwin, Erasmus

This is a dog’s way of administering a warm fomentation.

From Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea by Stables, Gordon