hydropathy
noun
the curing of disease by the internal and external use of water.
hydropathist
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a word derived from
hydropathy.
Example Sentences
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Of course, there was not a little anxiety manifested in the family on his account, and we were deliberating what to do with him, when the late Dr. Shew, the hydropathist, chanced to come in.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
I am about to send her to Malvern, where one of her sisters now is, to try a hydropathist physician there—a regularly educated man.
From Memoir and Letters of Francis W. Newman by Giberne Sieveking
In truth, I know of no sensible hydropathist who, in such a case, would rely upon the douche alone; which is to concede, practically, all that I desire to claim.
From Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician by William A. (William Andrus) Alcott
In the spring of 1865 she was induced, by the entreaty of friends who had themselves tested his skill, to consult Dr. Schieferdecker, a noted hydropathist, and later to place herself under his care.
From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by George L. Prentiss
In medicine, Mr. Glazier was an equally rigid hydropathist.
From Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier by John Algernon Owens
