SC - Fw: Opotherapy

[Alderton, Philippa]

    Beats me - there's no latin roots that would shed light on it. Greek,
maybe? All oppo- roots in latin imply an opposition (general concept) in
nature. My Greek dictionaries don't show anything, either. A mistranslation,
or translitteration, perhaps? Or is it perhaps a confrontational approach,
which is very unlikely, given the philosophical bias of medieval medicine?
But then, 11th century, that's pretty early, and most classical medical
literature had yet to be rediscovered . . .
    Y'alls guess is as good as mine!

    Sieggy

> Can anyone help this gentleman with his question?
>
> Phlip
>
> >In reading a French translation of Simeon Seth's 11th century "Collection
> of
> >the properties of Foods, "  I ran across the word opotherapy used in the
> >context of a variety of medical treatments.  Does anyone have any idea
what
> >this might refer to.
> >
> >Thanks for your help
> >Henry Marks