metallotherapy

[muh-tal-oh-ther-uh-pee]

noun

Medicine/Medical.

1. therapy by the use of metals or their salts.

Word History and Origins

Origin of metallotherapy¹

First recorded in 1875–80; metallo- + therapy

Example Sentences

He believed primarily in a sanative effluence, and his method seems to have been a combination of passes, suggestion, and a supposed "metallotherapy" or "magneto-therapy"—the celebrated baquet—which no doubt was merely a form of suggestion.

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It was a case of metallotherapy with extraction of the precious metal from the patient, as is always the case under such circumstances.

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The iron or steel rings cost two dollars each; gold-plated rings cost five to ten dollars, according to the ability of the patient to pay, for metallotherapy has as one of its effects the lessening of congestion of the purse.

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