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Baunscheidtism
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English
Etymology
From en de:Baunscheidt ism, after its founder Carl Baunscheidt (1809–1873), a German mechanic and inventor.
Noun
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en medicine A form of acupuncture with toxic oil, causing inflammation that is alleged to draw the body's "attention" away from the patient's illness, thus effecting a cure.
en eponyms
en Pseudoscience