arenationn.
/arɪˈneɪʃən/ Medicine ? Obsolete.
Application of hot sand to the body as a remedy.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment with mud, sand, etc. > [noun]
pication1684
arenation1717
saburration1763
earth bath1765
mudbath1782
sand-bath1869
moor bath1878
fangotherapy1903
pelotherapy1933
1717 G. Berkeley in Life & Lett. (1871) 587 Arenation is good against leprosy.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Arenation,..a kind of dry Bath, when the Patient sits with his Feet upon hot Sand.
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