[医] 珀金斯氏疗法(使用金属牵引器的治病法,一种江湖医术)

Perkinism \Per"kin*ism\, n. (Med.)
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}.