neuropathn.

1876 R. J. Dunglison Dunglison's Dict. Med. Sci. (rev. ed.) 700/1 Neuropath, a physician who ascribes diseases, &c., to nervous influence, rather than to the blood.

1890 Cent. Dict. Neuropath,..one who assigns to the nervous system an excessive if not exclusive responsibility for disease.

1887 Science 13 May 458/2 The manuscripts of neuropaths—a word wide enough to include the slight and the severe disturbances of mental sanity—present certain typical characteristics.

1890 Q. Rev. 171 245 The Paris practitioners hold that susceptible persons are always to some extent neuropaths.

1915 C. S. Jones Hohenzollern 254 The kind is that kind of neuropath who requires constant change.

1977 ‘M. Innes’ Honeybath's Haven xv. 141 Lightfoot, as an advanced neuropath, was likely to be subject to suicidal impulses.

1983 Times Lit. Suppl. 23 Nov. 841/2 The book is concerned with the conflict of this plausible neuropath with his tutor.

1996 W. Gibson Idoru xv. 105 ‘I thought we'd done with all that when we got rid of those Siberian neuropaths’, Blackwell said.

1896 Voice (N.Y.) 6 Feb. 5/5 This expert neuropath having recently made a professional visit to the United States.

1927–9 H. Wheeler Waverley Children's Dict. V. 2923/1 A physician who specializes in nervous disorders may..be called a neuropath, or neuropathist.

1996 S. Lavery et al. Hamlyn Encycl. Complementary Health 36/2 Polarity was developed by Dr Randoph Stone (born 1890) a qualified naturopath, osteopath, chiropractor and neuropath who practised in Chicago.