The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American - Pena, Carolyn Thomas de la. (New York : New York University Press, 2003)
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?
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Quacks and quackery -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Medical instruments and apparatus -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Electrotherapeutics -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Electrotherapeutics -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Electric Stimulation Therapy -- History; Exercise therapy -- History; History, 19th Century; History, 20th Century