"arising from deficiency, early antispecific therapy for neurosyphilis causing spasticity or surgical intervention for tumours &c., therapeutic meas- ures largely ..."

Nonspecific therapy: a therapy that does not directly relate to the cause; the injection of a foreign protein, typhoid vaccine, etc., to induce fever in the treatment of certain diseases, especially those of a parasyphilitic nature.

Nonspecific therapy is sometimes administered concurrently with antiretroviral therapy (ART).