hydropathy
noun
the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
hydropathic
-
a word derived from
hydropathy.
Example Sentences
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Scotland's first ever hydropathic hotel has gone into administration.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2021
Kilston also highlights how the realms of naturopathic and hydropathic medicine offered rare opportunities for women in the mid-1800s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 15, 2019
Boyd had an entire gymnasium constructed as an outbuilding — which no longer survives — and installed a hydropathic bathroom with pipes for hot and cold seawater as well as fresh.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2015
In 1851, Mary and her new husband opened the nation’s first hydropathic medical school, the American Hydropathic Institute, in New York City.
From Slate ● Feb. 10, 2014
I have addressed embalmed Britons in English health resorts, petrified English mummies at hydropathic establishments, and lunatics in private asylums.
From A Frenchman in America Recollections of Men and Things by Max O'Rell
