DECOCTION
.—A decoction for the purpose of fomenting swellings, tumours, or enlargements, (either as an emollient or discutient,) is made by boiling a double handful of Roman wormwood, camomile flowers, bay leaves, and elder flowers, in two gallons of water, for a quarter of an hour, and applying it to the part with sponge or flannel as hot as it can be used without injury to the hair. This will be found more fully explained under the proper head, Fomentation.