† semicupiumn.
Obsolete.
A bath in which only one's legs and hips are covered; a hip-bath.
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semicupium1634
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hip bath1806
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sitz bath1842
saucer bath1860
Roman tub1911
ofuro1934
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1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. 1049 Bags, Fumigations, Semicupiums, Baths.
1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) Semi-cupe, is a half Bath, up to the navel of the patient.
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician iii. 58 Many Lithotomists immediately after the operation clap the Patient in a Semi~cupe.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Semicubium.
1785 Garthshore in Med. Communications 2 44 Fomentations, and the Semi~cupium..were of no avail.
1799 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children (ed. 4) II. 255 Oily embrocations, a blister, leeches, and the semicupium were had recourse to.
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