The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stimulism
Stimulism \Stim"u*lism\, n. (Med.)
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.
The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.
--Dr. H. Hartshorne.
Wiktionary
stimulism
n. 1 (cx medicine obsolete English) 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 (cx medicine obsolete English) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.