Hydropathist
1Hydropathist — Hy*drop a*thist, n. One who practices hydropathy; a water cure doctor. [1913 Webster] …
2hydropathist — hydropathy ► NOUN ▪ the treatment of illness through the use of water, either internally or externally. DERIVATIVES hydropathic adjective hydropathist noun …
3hydropathist — See hydropathic. * * * …
4hydropathist — n. 1. Water doctor, expert in hydropathy. 2. Believer in hydropathy, practiser of watercure …
5hydropathist — hydropˈathist noun A person who practises hydropathy • • • Main Entry: ↑hydro …
6hy|dro|path — «HY druh path», noun. = hydropathist. (Cf. ↑hydropathist) …
7Hydropath — Hy dro*path, n. [Cf. F. hydropathe.] A hydropathist …
8Water doctor — Wa ter doc tor (Med.) (a) One who professes to be able to divine diseases by inspection of the urine. (b) A physician who treats diseases with water; an hydropathist. [1913 Webster] …
9Charles Darwin's illness — For much of his adult life Charles Darwin s illness repeatedly affected him with an uncommon combination of symptoms, leaving him severely debilitated for long periods of time, incapable of normal life and intellectual production, staying in bed… …
10James Manby Gully — Dr James Manby Gully (14 March 1808 ndash; 1883), was a Victorian medical doctor, well known for practising hydrotherapy, or the water cure . Along with his partner James Wilson, he founded a very successful hydropathy (as it was then called)… …
