Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The employment of metallic tractors for the cure of diseases. See
tractor .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
perkinism .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated, medicine
Perkinism
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have repeatedly referred as a warm defender of tractoration, and
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The "omission of the General's title" is the subject of complaint, as if this title were sufficient evidence of the commanding powers of one of the patrons of tractoration.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Perkinism, was very anxious to try the effects of tractoration upon this unfortunate blemish.
Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Perkinism, was very anxious to try the effects of tractoration upon this unfortunate blemish.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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Such, for instance, was the estimable man to whom I have repeatedly referred as a warm defender of tractoration, and a bitter assailant of its enemies.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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The "omission of the General's title" is the subject of complaint, as if this title were sufficient evidence of the commanding powers of one of the patrons of tractoration.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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