stimulism

Noun

obsolete uncountable

(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.

Japanese Meaning

生命は刺激（興奮）に依存し、病気は刺激の過剰または不足により生じるとする、かつての医学理論（刺激説）。 / 医学用語として、生命現象を刺激の程度に着目して捉える理論、すなわち刺激が適正でない場合に疾病が発生するという考え方。

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Google Translation / DeepL Translation

刺激主義は現在では廃れているが、刺激（興奮）を重視する考え方は、身体が健康を保つためにどの程度の刺激を必要とするかという初期の議論に影響を与えた。

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Sense（1）

(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.

Sense（2）

(medicine, obsolete) The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants.

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 […]

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