Definitionn. excessive sensitivity of an organ or body part
Last update: August 12, 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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He had seen his rage, and he knew the excitability innate in the whole family. [Please select]
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Hence, perhaps, the Teuton's phlegm and the Gaul's excitability. [Please select]
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There was none of Judy's and Gertrude's and Vera's excitability and restlessness here. [Please select]
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The way to manage an animal of this description is, to respect his evident excitability. [Please select]
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He maintains that, above all, these cases show instability and psychic excitability. [Please select]
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Frank had noticed that, since the first appearance of the really ominous news, the excitability of his French schoolmates had disappeared. [Please select]
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