affusion

• “Oikonomos, however, responds that '' affusion '' (i.e. pouring), and much less '' aspersion '' (i.e. sprinkling), cannot ever be considered baptism.”

  orrologion

• “It is better that no friction should be applied, but if so, a hot soap (smegma) must be used in greater abundance than is common, and an affusion of a considerable quantity of water is to be made at the same time and afterwards repeated.”

  On Regimen In Acute Diseases

• “After the fever restless, and had some delirium; urine thin, and darkish; had an affusion of warm water on the head; slept and recovered his senses.”

  Of The Epidemics

• “And at each time the bandages are taken off, much hot water is to be used, for in all injuries at joints the affusion of hot water in large quantity is to be had recourse to.”

  On Fractures

• “We employ bandages, compresses, suspension of the limb in a sling, attitude, extension, friction, rectification; and along with these the affusion of much water.”

  On The Surgery

• “The limit to the affusion is, to stop when the parts become swelled up, and before the swelling subsides; for the parts swell up at first, and fall afterward.”

  On The Surgery

• “We relax first the part most requiring it, and have recourse to that kind of friction which will promote the growth of flesh, and to affusion.”

  On The Surgery

• “Swellings and pains in the joints, ulceration, those of a gouty nature, and sprains, are generally improved by a copious affusion of cold water, which reduces the swelling, and removes the pain; for a moderate degree of numbness removes pain.”

  Aphorisms

• “Hydrophilos, having girded his sable cappa magna as high as to his cherubical loins, at solemn compline sat in his sate of wis-dom, that handbathtub, whereverafter, recreated doctor insularis of the universal church, keeper of the door of meditation, memory extempore proposing and intellect formally considering, recluse, he meditated continuously with seraphic ardour the primal sacra-ment of baptism or the regeneration of all man by affusion of water.”

  Finnegans Wake

• “Here traces of fire, seen on the rock, suggested that it had been split by cold affusion.”

  The Land of Midian

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