stimulism noun2 •(no longer used) 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. •(no longer used) 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[…] — 1879
