Perkinism /(pẽr"kĭn*ĭz'm)/

Per·kin·ism

Perkinism

n.
  1. 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. (Med.) [archaic]