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hydrotherapy|haɪdrəʊˈθɛrəpɪ| [f. Gr. ὑδρο- water + θεραπεία healing. Cf. F. hydrothérapie.] = prec. Hence hydrotheˈrapic a., hydropathic.
1876Bartholow Mat. Med. (1879) 60 Alterations of sensibility..analgesia,..hyperaesthesia, are often relieved by hydrotherapy—by the wet-pack, by ice, by local hot and cold effusion. 1894Daily News 5 May 7/2 The Congress of Hydrotherapy and the International Sanitary and Health Exhibition which are to take place at Boulogne..on the occasion of the opening of the very extensive hydrotherapic establishment recently constructed. |