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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Perkinism

/(pẽr"kĭn*ĭz'm)/ · Per·kin·ism · IPA
01 n. A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- f…
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    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.(Med.) [archaic] See: Metallotherapy