franklinize

English

Verb

franklinize (third-person singular simple present franklinizes, present participle franklinizing, simple past and past participle franklinized)

1. Alternative form of Franklinize
   • 1884, The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease:

     The perspiration from the franklinized portions of skin was diminished in most cases, while it was increased over the portion not franklinized.

   • 1884, George Miller Beard, Sexual neurasthenia nervous exhaustion, page 229:

     It is certain that most sensitive persons can be franklinized without discomfort and without fear, and without any unpleasant after-effects.

   • 1885, George Henry Napheys, Modern Medical Therapeutics:

     There is no necessity to undress a franklinized patient, as the therapeutic effects of this excellent agent remain unchanged — a circumstance of practical importance in female cases.