Pena, Carolyn Thomas de la. <br/><br/>
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) .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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? 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2002155358 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>101161457  DNLM 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Quacks and quackery--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Quacks and quackery--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Medical instruments and apparatus--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--19th century.<br/>Electrotherapeutics--History--United States--20th century.<br/>Electric Stimulation Therapy--History.<br/>Exercise therapy--History.<br/>History, 19th Century.<br/>History, 20th Century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>R730  / .P39 2003