hydropathy

The Century Dictionary: The Encyelopedic Lexicon of the English Language · 1887 · p. 280

(hi-drop’a-thi), n. [= F. hydropa- beetles thie; a name formed after the supposed analo- H. gy of homeopathy, allopathy, etc., and intended a to signify ‘water-cure’ or ‘water-treatment’; ing