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Perkinism (medicine)


perkinism
<medicine> 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.

Source: Websters Dictionary