Stimulism
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Stimulism is a noun meaning (medicine, obsolete) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
Meaning
(medicine, obsolete) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
More Meanings
- (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.
Example Sentences
a different theory of therapeutics, that have introduced, instead of the somewhat overdone antiphlogistic measures of our predecessors, the expectancy with some, and the stimulism with others[…]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include spasmodism, hypersthenia, stibialism, sympatholysis, irritation, hypostimulation.
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