foot bath

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English

Noun

foot bath (plural foot baths)

  1. Alternative form of footbath
    • 1839 May, C[harles] Morehead, “IX.—Report on the Measles which Prevailed Epidemically in the Central Schools at Byculla, during the Months of December 1838, January, February and March, 1839”, in Transactions of the Medical and Physical Society of Bombay, volume II, Bombay: Printed at the American Mission Press for Messrs. Collett & Co. ; and sold by Mr. J. M. Richardson, , →OCLC, page 188:
      Apply eight leeches to the top of the sternum and use a foot bath at bed time and repeat the castor oil on the following morning.
    • 1995, Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci, Jennifer Haigh, Sid Kirchheimer, Jean Callahan, “Hydrotherapy: The Everyday Miracle of Water”, in Bill Gottleib, editor, New Choices in Natural Healing: Over 1,800 of the Best Self-help Remedies from the World of Alternative Medicine, Emmaus, Pa.: Rodale Press, →ISBN, page 78:
      Foot baths aren't just for tired, achy feet. Alternating hot and cold soaks is great for relieving swelling in the feet and legs. By diverting blood away from the affected areas, hot foot baths are used to relieve head and chest congestion and even menstrual cramps.