balneography
(bælniːˈɒgrəfɪ)
[f. L. balneum bath + Gr. -γραϕία writing.]
A description of, or treatise upon, baths. balneˈology [see -logy], scientific medical study of bathing and medicinal springs. balneological (ˌbælniːəʊˈlɒdʒɪkəl), a. of or pertaining to balneology. balneotherapy (-ˈθɛrəpɪ) [Gr. θεραπεία medical treatment], treatment of disease by baths or medicinal springs; hence ˌbalneotheraˈpeutic a.
| 1879 Nature 9 Oct. 551/2 Balneological works, treating of the European mineral springs. 1883 Harper's Mag. June 122/1 The physician who has..experience in balneology. 1881 J. N. Hyde in von Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. Suppl. 184 Balneotherapy, when there was no mercury used, has proved of no greater worth. 1906 Practitioner Dec. 764 The initiation of balneo-therapeutic measures. 1907 H. & F. P. Weber (title) Climatotherapy and Balneotherapy. |