perkinism

📖 中文释义

  1. [医] 珀金斯氏疗法(使用金属牵引器的治病法,一种江湖医术)
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. n. A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities
  2. of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part;
  3. tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn.
  4. See Metallotherapy.