water curen.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə ˌkjʊə/,

/ˈwɔːtə kjɔː/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌkjʊ(ə)r/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌkjʊ(ə)r/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., cure n.¹

Etymology: < water n. + cure n.¹ With sense 1 compare German Wasserkur (1690 as †Wasser-Cur, or earlier).

Now historical.

1. Medical treatment by means of the external application and drinking of (usually cold) water, often accompanied by a strict regime of diet and exercise; = hydropathy n.; also called cold water cure (see cold water n. d). Also: a course or session of such treatment; an establishment providing such treatment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun]

water treatment1832

water cure1834

water curing1842

hydropathy1843

hydrotherapy1876

hydriatry1886

1834 New Eng.-German & German-Eng. Dict. II. 104/2 Brunnen-cur, water-cure.

1840 Med. Times 18 Jan. 153/2 This part of Germany is all on fire, about water, or what they call ‘the water cure’.

1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Mar. 244/1 We sallied out to climb the long hill—half way up which, shone the white-washed walls of the great Silesian Water-cure.

1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 78 It may be that the action is that happily explained by one of the Hibernian bathmen in an American water-cure establishment.

1902 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Nov. (1972) II. 289 Who is Doctor Buzzi? Is it starvation cure, or overfeeding cure, or water cure, or faith healing, or what?

1992 Independent 25 Sept. 6/6 The Victorian water cure is being revived this weekend in a Worcestershire spa town.

2007 V. Smith Clean ix. 294 In Ireland, Dr Richard Barter was an early convert to hydropathy (as it became known) and opened the first water cure hydro on the site of the holy well on St Anne's Hill, in 1842.

2. A method of torture in which a person is forced to swallow large quantities of water in a short time, after which pressure is applied to the stomach to force the water out again.The water cure was used especially by the U.S. army in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war of 1898.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > water-cure (drinking)

water-rack1679

water cure1900

1900 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 23 June 492/2 If they cannot get any guns voluntarily they proceed to give the fellow the water cure.

1902 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. May 623 The torturing of Filipinos by the awful ‘water-cure’..to make them confess.

1976 New Yorker 3 May 96/2 The Civil Liberties Union of the Philippines..accused the police and the military of employing ‘water cures’ and electric shocks as well as beatings with clubs.

2009 Gender & Society 23 257 Evidence of atrocities being committed by the U.S. military in the Philippines, most sensationally through the ‘water cure’ torture and ‘reconcentration’ camps.

Derivatives

ˈwater-ˌcurer n. a person who gives water cure treatments (see sense 1).

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

1840 Med. Times 18 Jan. 153/2 The ‘water-curer’ has, indeed, this great advantage over Hahnemann, that he can neither read nor write.

1900 Daily News 20 Sept. 4/6 The late Pastor Kneip, the Bavarian water-curer.

2002 J. C. Wharton Nature Cures iv. 82 America's water-curers were willing to allow warm or at least tepid, water baths..depending on the patient's age and condition and the effect desired.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water cure
释义	water curen. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə ˌkjʊə/, /ˈwɔːtə kjɔː/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌkjʊ(ə)r/, /ˈwɑdər ˌkjʊ(ə)r/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., cure n.¹ Etymology: < water n. + cure n.¹ With sense 1 compare German Wasserkur (1690 as †Wasser-Cur, or earlier). Now historical. 1. Medical treatment by means of the external application and drinking of (usually cold) water, often accompanied by a strict regime of diet and exercise; = hydropathy n.; also called cold water cure (see cold water n. d). Also: a course or session of such treatment; an establishment providing such treatment. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatments using water > [noun] water treatment1832 water cure1834 water curing1842 hydropathy1843 hydrotherapy1876 hydriatry1886 1834 New Eng.-German & German-Eng. Dict. II. 104/2 Brunnen-cur, water-cure. 1840 Med. Times 18 Jan. 153/2 This part of Germany is all on fire, about water, or what they call ‘the water cure’. 1857 Putnam's Monthly Mag. Mar. 244/1 We sallied out to climb the long hill—half way up which, shone the white-washed walls of the great Silesian Water-cure. 1872 C. D. Warner Saunterings 78 It may be that the action is that happily explained by one of the Hibernian bathmen in an American water-cure establishment. 1902 G. B. Shaw Let. 18 Nov. (1972) II. 289 Who is Doctor Buzzi? Is it starvation cure, or overfeeding cure, or water cure, or faith healing, or what? 1992 Independent 25 Sept. 6/6 The Victorian water cure is being revived this weekend in a Worcestershire spa town. 2007 V. Smith Clean ix. 294 In Ireland, Dr Richard Barter was an early convert to hydropathy (as it became known) and opened the first water cure hydro on the site of the holy well on St Anne's Hill, in 1842. 2. A method of torture in which a person is forced to swallow large quantities of water in a short time, after which pressure is applied to the stomach to force the water out again.The water cure was used especially by the U.S. army in the Philippines during the Spanish-American war of 1898. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > water-cure (drinking) water-rack1679 water cure1900 1900 Friends' Intelligencer & Jrnl. 23 June 492/2 If they cannot get any guns voluntarily they proceed to give the fellow the water cure. 1902 ‘M. Twain’ in N. Amer. Rev. May 623 The torturing of Filipinos by the awful ‘water-cure’..to make them confess. 1976 New Yorker 3 May 96/2 The Civil Liberties Union of the Philippines..accused the police and the military of employing ‘water cures’ and electric shocks as well as beatings with clubs. 2009 Gender & Society 23 257 Evidence of atrocities being committed by the U.S. military in the Philippines, most sensationally through the ‘water cure’ torture and ‘reconcentration’ camps. Derivatives ˈwater-ˌcurer n. a person who gives water cure treatments (see sense 1). 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 1840 Med. Times 18 Jan. 153/2 The ‘water-curer’ has, indeed, this great advantage over Hahnemann, that he can neither read nor write. 1900 Daily News 20 Sept. 4/6 The late Pastor Kneip, the Bavarian water-curer. 2002 J. C. Wharton Nature Cures iv. 82 America's water-curers were willing to allow warm or at least tepid, water baths..depending on the patient's age and condition and the effect desired. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1834
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