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

They are used as an external application, in the form of fomentation, for bruises, &c.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George

Stupe, stūp, n. a fomentation, or rather the tow or cloth dipped in it, and used in its application.—v.t. to treat with a stupe.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

When it is not practicable to confine a fomentation to the injured parts, as in shoulder or hip lameness, constant bathing with the decoction will answer the same purpose.

From The American Reformed Cattle Doctor by Dadd, George