The treatment of disease or illness using vapor baths, steam inhalation, or exposure to medicated vapors.
From Greek atmis (vapor) + -iatry (healing, medical treatment), the same root as 'atmiatrics.' The suffix '-iatry' comes from Greek iatreia meaning 'healing.'
Atmiatry connects to 'iatrogenic' (disease caused by doctors) and 'pediatrics' (children's medicine)—all sharing that Greek 'iatros' root meaning healer, showing how Victorian medicine borrowed heavily from Greek terminology.
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