单词 | steam-doctor |
释义 | > as lemmassteam-doctor ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > physician > [noun] > advocating specific treatments > water treatment water doctor1736 steam-doctor1830 water-curer1840 hydropath1842 hydriatrist1843 hydropathist1847 balneologist1872 1830 Cincinnati Chron. 6 Feb. 2/3 The Mayor was induced..to issue his warrant for the apprehension of a black man calling himself Caesar Gimsoun, and practising in this city as a steam doctor. 1833 J. Neal Down-easters I. 15 Never hearn tell o' the rain water doctor? some calls him the screw-augur doctor, and some the steam-doctor. 1853 R. Dunglison Med. Lexicon (ed. 9) Steam-doctor, a term applied to one who treats all or most diseases by steam. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Thompsonian Doctor, a physician who follows the Thompsonian practice; also called Steam Doctor. Thompsonian Practice, a peculiar treatment of diseases. < as lemmas |
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