Kneipp"ism (?), n. Also
Kneipp's, or Kneipp, cure (&?;).
Treatment of disease by forms of hydrotherapy, as walking
barefoot in the morning dew, baths, wet compresses, cold affusions,
etc.; -- so called from its originator, Sebastian Kneipp (1821-97), a
German priest.
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