Mitchell treatment
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Mitch·ell treat·ment
(mitch'ĕl),treatment of mental illness by rest, nourishing diet, and a change of environment.
Synonym(s): Weir Mitchell treatment
Mitchell treatment
An obsolete term for the treatment of mental illness with rest, diet and change of environment, a "treatment" that is not regarded as effective nor is eponymously dignified.Mitchell,
Silas Weir, U.S. neurologist, poet, and novelist, 1829-1914.Gerhardt-Mitchell disease - see under Gerhardt, Carl
Mitchell disease - Synonym(s): Gerhardt-Mitchell disease
Mitchell treatment - treatment of mental illness by rest, nourishing diet, and a change of environment. Synonym(s): Weir Mitchell therapy; Weir Mitchell treatment
Weir Mitchell disease - Synonym(s): Gerhardt-Mitchell disease
Weir Mitchell therapy - Synonym(s): Mitchell treatment
Weir Mitchell treatment - Synonym(s): Mitchell treatment