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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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