• (n.) 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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Per'kin·ism noun (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 .
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Type: Term Pronunciation: pĕr′kin-izĕm Definitions: 1. A form of quackery purporting to treat disease by applying metals with magnetic and purportedly magic properties.
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