Bible Dictionaries
Stimulism

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Stimulism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/stimulism.html. 1828.