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Thomsonianism
Thom`so´ni`an`ism
| n. | 1. | (Med.) An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicines alone should be used; - from the founder, Dr. Samuel Thomson, of Massachusetts. |
Thomsonianism
Thomsonianism Naturopathy
A healthcare movement founded by Samuel Thomson, which was an early form of naturopathy popular in the US in the early 1800s. Thomsonians were at variance with the physicians of the day who, in the pre-germ-theory period of medicine, relied on bleeding, blistering and purging to treat patients. |