Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.