moxas

Our doctor, my chum, or I will come and apply moxas.

Father Goriot 2003

He applies an imaginary vulture to his breast, which is scared only by the moxas of vanity.

Intimate Journals 1949

He climbed the stairs and found Bianchon supporting Goriot, while the house surgeon from the hospital was applying moxas to the patient’s back—under the direction of the physician, it was the last expedient of science, and it was tried in vain. 1723

Paras. 1700–1816 1917

Our doctor, my chum, or I will come and apply moxas.

Paras. 1600–1699 1917

He even tried to magnify his small faults, enlarge his want of patience; he wished to convince himself that he had taken a certain pleasure in finding the image of Florence in his cell, and he tortured himself so violently that he reanimated the soul, which had half fainted, by these moxas, and placed it again, without wishing it, in that acute state of scruples, in which it was when the crisis declared itself.

En Route 1877

Her nervous crises, beginning with sobs, ended in floods of tears; and every kind of remedy, from diet-drinks to moxas, had been employed, so that, through sheer weariness, she accepted

Bouvard and Pécuchet A Tragi-comic Novel of Bourgeois Life Gustave Flaubert 1850

"Gentlemen, stop a moment," said Dr. Baleinier; "keep down your moxas, but do not blow the fire."

The Wandering Jew — Volume 09 Eug��ne Sue 1830

Vaugirard, walking up and down the room where he had so valiantly undergone the moxas of Dr. Baleinier.

The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830

"Gentlemen, stop a moment," said Dr. Baleinier; "keep down your moxas, but do not blow the fire."

The Wandering Jew — Complete Eug��ne Sue 1830

Rodin was alone in his bed-chamber, in the house in the Rue de Vaugirard, walking up and down the room where he had so valiantly undergone the moxas of Dr. Baleinier.

The Wandering Jew — Volume 11 Eug��ne Sue 1830