Perkinism Definition
noun
(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.
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Origin of Perkinism
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Perkins + -ism, after inventor Elisha Perkins (1741–1799).
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