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‖ fango|ˈfango|
[It., mud, dirt: cf. fanc.]
A kind of mud obtained from the thermal springs at Battaglia in the Veneto in Italy, used in the treatment of gout, rheumatism, and other ailments. So fangoˈtherapy.
1900Gould Pocket Med. Dict. (ed. 4) 249 Fango. 1903Dorland Med. Dict. (ed. 3) 264/1 Fangotherapy, treatment by the application of fango. 1904E. Rutherford Radio-Activity 363 ‘Fango’—a fine mud obtained from hot springs in Battaglia, Northern Italy. 1905Jrnl. Balneology Jan. 5 The annual visits of several patients to Italy for the sole purpose of taking a course of fango⁓packs. 1906Christian World 22 Mar., I have just returned from a trial of ‘Fango’ at the Royal Hotel and Baths, Matlock Bath. 1906Punch 2 Feb. 161/1 The Italians are rightly proud of their [spa] muds (do they not still send us Fango?). 1913J. Lindsay Gout xxxi. 204 Peat, mud, fango, and similar semi-solid baths are of therapeutic value on account of their thermal action. 1940B. I. Comroe Arthritis xxvii. 332 In some spas, fango is used extensively. Ibid. 333 Fango therapy produces marked hyperemia of the skin. |