The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Pena.
Material type:
TextSeries: American history and culture (New York University Press)Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2003.Description: xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0814719538 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 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
- R730 .P39 2003
Contents:
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?
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Storms Research Center Main Collection | R 730 .P39 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 98624002 |
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?
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