kneippism means the treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.
Etymology
From Kneipp + -ism, after Sebastian Kneipp (1821-1897), German priest.
noun
- The treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, such as walking barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions, etc.