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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Kneippism  \Kneipp"ism\,  n.  Also  Kneipp's  \Kneipp's\,  or  Kneipp 
  \Kneipp\,  cure  \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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