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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A physician who professed to discover the diseases of his patients by “casting” or examining their urine; commonly, a quack.
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sionnach commented on the word water-caster
A mediciner who professes to tell the disease by the cast or appearance of the urine, into a bottle of which he puts certain ingredients or chemicals.
So, I guess, a kind of old-fashioned urologist.
November 14, 2008