The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Hydropathy \Hy*drop"a*thy\, n. [Hydro-, 1 + Gr. ?, ?, to suffer.] The water cure; a mode of treating diseases by the copious and frequent use of pure water, both internally and externally. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hydropathy n 1: the internal and external use of water in the treatment of disease [syn: hydropathy, hydrotherapy]