In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
HYDROTHERAPY
hydropathy, hydrotherapy
(noun) the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hydrotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural hydrotherapies)
(alternative medicine) Any of various techniques that use water, either externally or internally, for the treatment of disease and for the soothing of pain.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy`dro*ther"a*py, n. Etym: [Hydro-, 1 + therapy.] (Med.)
Definition: See Hydropathy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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