PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS - Haynes 1884 - QUACK MEDICINE ELECTRO SHOCK

ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS FOR THE USE OF PHYSICIANS AND STUDENTSBook Details + Condition: McIntosh Galvanic & Faradic Battery Co. (Chicago). Early Edition, 1884. Hardcover with pebbled grained cloth. 417 pages with Index, and including 135 Illustrations. A list of 44 medical professionals that were consulted is also provided. Firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with a bit of discoloration; slight rubbing to endpapers; chafed spine ends; toning to pages; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings.A very early work on electricity to diagnose and treat psychological and psychiatric conditions - published by a an electric battery company. Detailed instructions on using electric-generating machines for treating medical and psychological conditions, in what would today be considered primitive and cruel quack medicine. Chapters include:- Methods of Electrifying a Patient- History of Static Electric Machines- Arrangement of Cells for Giving a C