PITHATISM
\pˈɪθətˌɪzəm], \pˈɪθətˌɪzəm], \p_ˈɪ_θ_ə_t_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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In medical Jurisprudence. A term of recent introduction to medical science, signifying curability by means of persuasion, and used as synonymous with "hysteria," in effect limiting the scope of the latter term to the description of psychic or nervous disorders which may be cured uniquely by psychotherapy or persuasion. Babinski.
By Henry Campbell Black
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Platidiam
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