metallotherapy 的詞源

“金屬外敷治療疾病”，始見於1856年，源自 metallon，即 metal（n.）和 therapy 的希臘詞根。

First formulated as a system by Burq in 1848, and hence often called Burqism, it has been recently revived by Charcot. Simple disks of various metals are employed in contact with the external parts of the body, from which different therapeutic results are claimed. Other observers assert that all the phenomena described as following the application of metals may be produced by disks of wood, and that whatever curative results are attained are due to mental effects, rather than to any special virtues emanating from the metals themselves. [Century Dictionary, 1895]

該系統最初由 Burq 於1848年提出，因此常被稱爲 Burqism，最近被 Charcot 重新提出。使用不同金屬的簡單圓盤與身體外部接觸，聲稱可以產生不同的治療效果。其他觀察者則聲稱，所有描述爲金屬應用後產生的現象都可以通過木製圓盤產生，並且所獲得的任何治療效果都是由於心理效應而非金屬本身的特殊功效。[《世紀詞典》，1895年]