English Explanatory Dictionary

Baunscheidtism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A form of acupuncture with toxic oil, causing inflammation that is alleged to draw the body's "attention" away from the patient's illness, thus effecting a cure.

Word forms

Baunscheidtism

Etymology

From Baunscheidt + -ism, after its founder Carl Baunscheidt (1809–1873), a German mechanic and inventor.

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