# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elisha-perkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:54:22.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elisha-perkins"
name: "Elisha Perkins"
slug: "elisha-perkins"
description: "Elisha Perkins was an American physician who created a fraudulent medical device, the Perkins Patent Tractors. Although they were made of steel and brass, Perkins claimed that they were made of unusual metal alloys. Perkins claimed his rods cured inflammation, rheumatism and pain in the head and the face; he applied the points on the aching body part and passed them over the part for about 20 minutes. The device was later the subject of the first placebo research."
tagline: "American physician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elisha_Perkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1741-01-16"
deathDate: "1799-09-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.808784
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "إليشا بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "اليشا بيركنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Perkins"
    title: "Elisha Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Perkins"
    title: "Elisha Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Perkins"
    title: "Elisha Perkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5361794"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump