Kneippism \Kneipp"ism\, n. Also Kneipp's cure \Kneipp's cure\,
or Kneipp cure \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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]