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Definition: Stimulism
Stimulism
\Stim"u*lism\, n. (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.
[1913 Webster]