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Webster 1913 Edition
Stimulism
Stim′u-lism
,Noun.
(Med.)
(a)
The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
(b)
The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
Dr. H. Hartshorne.
Definition 2024
stimulism
stimulism
English
Noun
stimulism (uncountable)
- (medicine, obsolete) The theory of medical practice which regarded life as dependent upon stimulation, or excitation, and disease as caused by excess or deficiency in the amount of stimulation.
- (medicine, obsolete) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
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