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pneumotherapy
pneumotherapy n.
Brit. 
/ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/
, /ˌnjuːmə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/U.S. /ˌn(j)umoʊˈθɛrəpi/
[after French pneumothérapie (1876 or earlier); compare German Pneumotherapie (1906 or earlier)] Medicine rare (a) treatment by the inhalation of a gas (either for its own effects or as a vehicle for other medicinal agents); (b) treatment involving the introduction of air into a body cavity; esp. artificial pneumothorax or pneumoperitoneum./ˌn(j)umoʊˈθɛrəpi/ΚΠ
1894 Lancet 21 Apr. 987/1 Here we are able to review..electro-therapy, pneumo-therapy, hydro-therapy, hypnosis and psychic suggestion.
1903 tr. P. L. A. Tissier Pneumotherapy 17 The term pneumotherapy is applied to the use of respired gases for therapeutic purposes, directly or as carriers of medicinal agents.
1934 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 27 527 Any practitioner with the assistance of the information relating to the technique of pneumotherapy should..be able to carry on re-fills.
1955 Amer. Jrnl. Surg. 89 687 (title) Present state of pneumotherapy in the management of pulmonary tuberculosis.
1997 R. Porter Greatest Benefit to Mankind x. 254 In the event, aërotherapy or pneumotherapy achieved little, while the valuable anaesthetic properties of nitrous oxide lay oddly neglected.
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