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The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.

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  1. n. The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease.
  2. n. The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal.
  3. n. The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
  4. (a) The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease. (b) The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal. Mayne. (c) The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.
  5. n. The system which undertakes to cure a disease by means of the virus of the same disease. n. The theory of curing a diseased organ by eating the analogous organ of a healthy animal. n. The doctrine that the power of therapeutics is equal to that of the causes of disease.