The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American /
Pena, Carolyn Thomas de la.
The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Pena. - New York : New York University Press, c2003. - xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - American history and culture . - American history and culture (New York University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The machine-built body -- Measuring mechanical strength -- Exploring electric limits -- Powering the intimate body -- ?Radiomania? limits the energy dream -- Conclusion: the end of an era?
0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002155358
101161457 DNLM
Quacks and quackery--History--United States--19th century.
Quacks and quackery--History--United States--20th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--20th century.
Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--19th century.
Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--20th century.
Electric Stimulation Therapy--History.
Exercise therapy--History.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
R730 / .P39 2003
The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Pena. - New York : New York University Press, c2003. - xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - American history and culture . - American history and culture (New York University Press) .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The machine-built body -- Measuring mechanical strength -- Exploring electric limits -- Powering the intimate body -- ?Radiomania? limits the energy dream -- Conclusion: the end of an era?
0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper)
2002155358
101161457 DNLM
Quacks and quackery--History--United States--19th century.
Quacks and quackery--History--United States--20th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.
Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--20th century.
Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--19th century.
Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--20th century.
Electric Stimulation Therapy--History.
Exercise therapy--History.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.
R730 / .P39 2003