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xylotherapy
xylotherapy n.
Brit. 
/ˌzʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/
, /ˌzʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/U.S. /ˌzaɪloʊˈθɛrəpi/
[Greek θεραπεία healing] Medicine the use of certain kinds of wood in the cure of disease (see quot.)./ˌzaɪloʊˈθɛrəpi/ΘΚΠ
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xylotherapy1880
1880 Boston Jrnl. Chem. Dec. 144 At a recent meeting of the Société de Thérapeutique M. Dujardin-Beaumetz read for M. Jourdanis a note on the æsthesiogenic properties of certain woods applied to the skin, which he calls xylotherapy. M. Jourdanis has applied plates of wood to the insensible skin, and as with plates of metal, magnets,..and blisters has obtained a return of sensibility.
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