Example Sentences

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"It's a little like a patient in a hydropath retailing his ailments."

From Secret Places of the Heart by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

Sailors had already learned this secret before Priessnitz the hydropath.

From Timar's Two Worlds by Jókai, Mór

If he has any predilections in the way of "pathies" we should say that he is a hydropath.

From Nature's Miracles, Volume 1 Familiar Talks on Science—World-Building and Life. Earth, Air and Water. by Gray, Elisha

Any physician who proclaims himself a follower of any special doctrine, be he a hydropath, an electropath, an allopath, a homoeopath, or any other path, should be viewed with suspicion.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various

The diet expert, the hydropath, the physical culturist, the adjuster of the spine, the mental healer, and Christian scientist, do not pay much attention to the pathological conditions or to the symptoms of disease.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry