AFFUSION

n. AM-fu?zhu, Gr., mpéoxvors, éxixvors. Lat., affusio. Fr., affusion. Ger., Aufgie ung, Zugu , Nachfülle. It, Giee Sp.,afusién. A pouring upon; especially the discharge of liquid from a reservoir upon any part of the ody It_differs from douching In that the water is poured from a height. [D; I.] Cold a. Lat,, afusio frigid a, Fr., affusion froide. Ger.…kalte Aufgie ung. A method of cooling the body in fevers by pouring cold water over the patient; sometimes called Currie’s method, from its having been advocated and peace by an English physician of that name toward the close of the last century.