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Definition of Fomentations
1. fomentation [n] - See also: fomentation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fomentations
Literary usage of Fomentations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook of therapeutics by Sydney Ringer (1897)
"POULTICES AND Fomentations POULTICES and fomentations which are in such common
use are simply local baths applied to the skin. ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1853)
"As the liquid re-accumulated, fomentations• were made with a decoction of two
ounces of digitalis to a quart of water boiled down to a pint. ..."
3. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1826)
"Fomentations and Poultices. 5865. Fomentations arc very commonly recommended of
various ... Anodyne fomentations are made of poppy heads, and of tobacco, ..."
4. The homœopathic vade mecum of modern medicine and surgery by Edward Harris Ruddock (1869)
"Fomentations. Fomentation*, by means of flannel wrung out of hot or boiling water
... Fomentations with hot water are useful in relieving pain, arresting m- ..."
5. Domestic Medicine: Or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by by William Buchan (1798)
"Fomentations. ... medicated fomentations, that people may have it in their power
to make ufc of them if they ..."
6. A Treatise on the Diseases of Females by William Dewees (1854)
"Fomentations. Many are in the habit of employing warm fomentations to the abdomen;
Mr. Hey recommends them as soothing, and as free from mischief. ..."
7. The Diseases of Animals: A Book of Brief and Popular Advice on the Care and by Nelson Slater Mayo (1920)
"Fomentations Fomentations are applications of hot or cold water to a part. ...
Fomentations should be applied two or three times daily. ..."
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