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Perkinism
Webster's Dictionary
(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.