water doctor
/ˈwɔːtə ˌdɒktə/Now historical
noun
1A physician or other practitioner who advocates the consumption or external application of water; (in later use) specifically a practitioner administering the water cure, a hydropathist.
2 Derogatory. A person who diagnoses illness on the basis of the visual inspection of urine, a uroscopist; (more generally) a medical quack.
Origin
Mid 18th century. From water + doctor.
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