Stimulism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]