Definitionadj. impairing the strength and vitality
Last update: October 17, 2015
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His theory of medicine professed to explain the processes of life and disease, and the methods of cure, upon one simple principle - that of the property of" excitability,"in virtue of which the" exciting powers,"defined as being (1) external forces and (2) the functions of the system itself, call forth the vital phenomena" sense, motion, mental function and passion."All exciting powers are stimulant, the apparent debilitating or sedative effect of some being due to a deficiency in the degree of stimulus; so that the final conclusion is that" the whole phenomena of life, health as well as disease, consist in stimulus and nothing else."Brown recognized some diseases as sthenic, others as asthenic, the latter requiring stimulating treatment, the former the reverse; but his practical conclusion was that 97% of all diseases required a" stimulating "treatment. [Please select]
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A debilitating reaction, such as follows some tremendous physical effort, had quickly succeeded. [Please select]
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So his thoughts ran on, amplifying, magnifying, exaggerating the theme of the debilitating effects of women. [Please select]
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To dream of eating pears, denotes poor success and debilitating health. [Please select]
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The best of them took little part in the debilitating pleasures of Versailles. [Please select]
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He had worked in a vortex of debilitating local intrigue. [Please select]
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It is very debilitating, and requires prompt and judicious treatment. [Please select]
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