Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Perkinism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perkinism \Per"kin*ism\, n. (Med.)
A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of
two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part;
tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of
Norwich, Conn. See {Metallotherapy}.
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