Sponging the skin, and especially the udder, with cool water, may be resorted to in hot weather.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
In seeking to return the womb the Sponging with ice-cold water, raising on a sheet, and wrapping in a tight bandage should be resorted to.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Until then they had waited with fair patience: but no sooner did he make a perfectly honest move towards paying them off in a lump than the whole swarm took panic and he was forced to decamp to London to escape the Sponging-house.
"Hetty Wesley"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch