anatripsology

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian anatripsologia, coined by Valeriano Luigi Brera in 1799, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτριψις (anátripsis, “rubbing”) + -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā).

Noun

anatripsology (uncountable)

1. (medicine) The study or application of friction or rubbing as a remedy.
   • 1953, W. H. McMenemey, “The Water Doctors of Malvern, with Special Reference to the Years 1842 to 1872”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Medicine, →PMID, page 7:

     He was succeeded by one of his five doctor sons, Walter, a protagonist of the art of anatripsology. Rubbing with brandy had quite a vogue in Malvern.

   • 2010, Enrico Granieri et al., “An autopathography of tic douloureux at the beginning of the nineteenth century”, in Neurological Sciences‎^[1], volume 31, number 6, Springer, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 852, 856:

     […] They both agree on proposing, according to the dictates of ‘‘Anatripsology’’ [19], to apply frictions of ‘‘contused opium’’ and ‘‘milled nigricant pasque flower powder’’ dissolved in gastric juice extracted, in conformity with the Spallanzani method, from the starving stomachs of craws. […]
     […] All the therapies of the time are mentioned: emetics, musk, opium, nappello, giusquiamo, Brera’s anatripsology and electric and chemical-gas applications. […]

   • 2021, Nergis Karaman, Yeşim Ceylanteki, “Effect of nursing support gıven to pregnant women on labor pain and birth expectancy”, in African Journal of Reproductive Health‎^[2], volume 25, number 6, →ISSN, page 118:

     In order for the pregnant woman to relax and to be calm at every stage of labor, a 5-10 minute massage was applied to her shoulders, back, waist, abdomen and legs with small touches, effleurage and anatripsology.

Translations

the study of friction or rubbing as a remedy

• Portuguese: anatripsologia
• Swedish: anatripsologi