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Affusion

noun
1.
The act of baptizing someone by pouring water on their head.





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"Affusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... the skin is cool and moist, neither a bath nor a pack is indicated. When the skin is rather cool and dry, an affusion of cold water and frictions with the bare hands should be used, and the patient packed afterwards in a dry blanket, to assist in producing a reaction. In such cases I have found very cold water to be of more service than water of a warmer temperature. When the patient has ...
— Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms • Charles Munde


Words linked to "Affusion" :   baptism


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