TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pena,Carolyn Thomas de la
TI  - The body electric: how strange machines built the modern American 
T2  - American history and culture
SN  - 0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper)
AV  - R730 .P39 2003
PY  - 2003///
CY  - New York
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Quacks and quackery
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Medical instruments and apparatus
KW  - Electrotherapeutics
KW  - Electric Stimulation Therapy
KW  - Exercise therapy
KW  - History, 19th Century
KW  - History, 20th Century
N1  - 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?
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy037/2002155358.h tml
ER  -