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(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perkinism'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/perkinism.html. 1828.
 
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