A method or sys-tem of alleviating or curing certaiu forms of disease, particularly diseases of the uervous system or such as are traceaijle to nervous disorders, by suggestion, persuasion, encouragement, the inspiration of hope or confidence, the discouragement of morbid memories, associations, or beliefs, and other sim-ilar means addressed to the mental state of the patient, without (or sometimes in eon-junction with) the administration of drugs or other physlcal remedies
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
