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Perkinism
Per′kin-ism
(pẽr′kĭn-ĭz’m)
, Noun.
(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
of Norwich, Conn. See Perkins
Metallotherapy
. [archaic]
Definition 2024
Perkinism
Perkinism
English
Noun
Perkinism (uncountable)
- (medicine, archaic) A pseudoscientific treatment in which two pointed metal rods ("tractors") were waved over the body, supposed to cure inflammation, rheumatism, etc. by drawing off an electrical fluid.