What is "pneumotherapy"

Pneumotherapy \Pneu`mo*ther"a*py\, n. [Gr. ? air + therapy.] (Med.) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.

n. (context medicine English) The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied air.

Pneumotherapy is the medical use of compressed or rarefied gases, and was at one time used to treat people suffering from pneumothorax (lung collapse). It may still be used as a treatment for atelectasis (alveolar collapse).