fever therapy

American

noun

Medicine/Medical.

therapy by means of an artificially induced fever.

fever therapy British

noun

a former method of treating disease by raising the body temperature Compare cryotherapy

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Etymology

Origin of fever therapy

First recorded in 1920–25

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Only during the last decade, after engineers helped doctors control artificial fevers by means of electricity or hot air, has the art of fever therapy matured.

From Time Magazine Archive

Doctors have tried warm baths, short-wave treatment, artificial fever therapy and vaccination, but have achieved few cures.

From Time Magazine Archive

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