(a) medical treatment employing water (administered internally or externally); an instance of this; cf. water cure, n. 1; (b) = water torture n.…
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| 释义 | the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] (41) water treatment1832 (a) medical treatment employing water (administered internally or externally); an instance of this; cf. water cure, n. 1; (b) = water torture n.… water cure1834 Medical treatment by means of the external application and drinking of (usually cold) water, often accompanied by a strict regime of diet and… water curing1842 The action or practice of administering or undergoing the water cure (water cure, n. 1). Now historical. hydropathy1843 A kind of medical treatment, originated in 1825 by Vincenz Preissnitz at Gräfenberg in Germany, consisting in the external and internal application… hydrotherapy1876 = hydrotherapeutics, n. hydriatry1886 hydropathy. Subcategories:— specific (2) — cold water (1) — treatments by baths (8) — treatment by bathing, sprinkling, or fomenting (8) — wrapping in wet sheet (2) — taking medicinal waters (13) — rain-water (1) |
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