Obs. rare. [See WATER sb. 18 b and -LOGER.] A contemptuous term for one who diagnoses a disease by inspection of the patient’s urine. So † Waterology, the art of doing this.
1654. R. Whitlock, Ζωοτομια, 47. That Waterologer in Dr. Harts Anatomy of Urines, that sent his Patient word that he was sick of a blinde Ague. Ibid., 66. I shall insist somewhat on the Cheat of Waterologie (a word though new, yet easily to be understood, thanks to another Cheat that rhimeth to it) and therefore I shall use it still, to signifie this divining by Urines.
1678. Quacks Academy, 6. You must either pretend to be Waterologers, or Ass-trologers, or Piss-prophets, or Starr-Wizards.
1786. R. Heathcote, Sylva (1788), 239. A waterologer, poring mysteriously over an Urinal, as if he were analysing its contents.
