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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Thomsonianism

· Thom·so·ni·an·ism · IPA
01 n. An empirical system which assumes that the human body is composed of four elements, earth, air, fire, and water, and that vegetable medicin…
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    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.(Med.)