Electric shock therapy machine
Electric shock therapy machine on a marble base. Popular during the latter half of the 19th-century. Electric shock treatment was a quack medical treatment used for treating a wide range of illnesses. The handle is turned building up the electric charge which is conducted through wires and brass terminals to the patient
Picture No
11042057
Media ID
46876886
Size
4028px x 2645px
(2.2MB)
Credit
(c)Maurice Collins Images Collection /Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph of an original object in the Maurice Collins Collection
Date
19th-century
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