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- noun Plural form of
affusion .
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Examples
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The cure is with bandages, which ought to embrace both the hand and fore-arm; and splints are to be applied as far as the fingers; and when they are used they should be more frequently unloosed than infractures, and more copious affusions of water should be used.
On The Articulations 2007
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In the case of narcotics and depressing agents, stimulants, electricity, and cold affusions, may be found useful.
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It is in this form of the disease that the cold affusions recommended by Currie and his followers, have shown themselves so beneficial, and that the wet-sheet, used properly and perseveringly, is almost infallible.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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If in violent reaction a repetition of short packs and long cooling baths is indicated, -- in torpid reaction, cold and short tonic baths or affusions and long packs are required, in proportion to the degree of the reactive power of the patient.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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Some of them regard the use of soap and water applied in the form of lather with the hands, and afterwards thoroughly removed from the skin by copious affusions, rinsing or sluicing with water, or immersion in it, as the best method.
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous
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Reuss, [27] von Fröhlichsthal, [28] and others, have treated their scarlet-patients with _cold affusions_.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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I have tried to remove these dangerous symptoms by packs, affusions, baths, but almost always in vain; whilst the sitz-bath has never failed to insure success.
Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms Charles Munde
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Exercise should be taken chiefly while fasting; the limits of sleep confined to strict necessity, and _siestas_ after meals and during the day strictly forbidden; the skin stimulated by hydro-therapeutic measures, including massage under cold affusions, during warm salt baths, etc.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 821, September 26, 1891 Various
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It is far from improbable that it was from his conversations with this individual that Jackson derived those hints, of which at a future time he availed himself, respecting the transmission of troops by sea without injury to their health; but it is quite certain his conviction of the enormous value of cold-water affusions as a curative agent in the last stage of febrile affections, was imbibed from this source.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 Various 1836
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The ley was then poured off, and the magnesia washed with repeated affusions of water, and dried.
Experiments upon magnesia alba, Quicklime, and some other Alcaline Substances Joseph Black 1763
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