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helleborism Med.|ˈhɛlɪbɒrɪz(ə)m| [mod. ad. Gr. ἑλλεβορισµός a curing by hellebore, f. ἑλλεβορίζειν to helleborize.] a. The treatment of diseases (esp. insanity) by hellebore. b. ‘The symptoms produced by the charging of the system by hellebore, or by its too free administration’ (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1886). c. A purgative made from hellebore.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. ii. v. i. iii, That famous Helleborisme of Montanus, which he so often repeats in his consultations and counsells. 1640Chilmead tr. Ferrand's Erotomania 169 (T.) In vain should the physician attempt, with all his medicines and helleborisms, the cure of those that are sick with love. 1883J. B. Wood Addr. Hahnemann 5 His public thesis, on the Helleborism of the Ancients. |