Electricity in surgery

Item

The exhibit label for John Butler's "Electricity in surgery," published in 1882. The graphics and words are designed to look like 19th century press fonts, and they are printed on a paper texture background.
A battery box with various nodes and wires
Figure 3 depicts a box-like electrical apparatus with wires and nodes. Figure 4 depicts a node mounted on legs, labeled "pumps"
A handheld cautery device with a loop, as well as various accessory tips such as different knife shapes to be attached to the device.
Two images of Dawson's Cautery electrodes, with various wires or other attachable tip accessories to use as medical devices
Three diagrams of electrical devices, their polarities, and currents
Title
Electricity in surgery
Creator
Butler, John
Location
New York
Publisher
Boericke & Tafel
Date
1882
Format
111 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
Subject
Electricity
Electrotherapeutics
Electric Stimulation Therapy -- 19th century
Identifier
https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b7442236~S2
Item sets
Monuments of Medicine Collection
Site pages
Shocking Treatments and New Technologies
Electric Surgery
Media
The exhibit label for John Butler's "Electricity in surgery," published in 1882. The graphics and words are designed to look like 19th century press fonts, and they are printed on a paper texture background. Exhibit label
A battery box with various nodes and wiresByrne Cautery
Figure 3 depicts a box-like electrical apparatus with wires and nodes. Figure 4 depicts a node mounted on legs, labeled "pumps"fig. 3 and fig. 4
A handheld cautery device with a loop, as well as various accessory tips such as different knife shapes to be attached to the device.Various implements used with Byrne's Cautery
Two images of Dawson's Cautery electrodes, with various wires or other attachable tip accessories to use as medical devicesDawson's Cautery Electrodes; Cautery Handle and Electrodes, adapted for laryngeal operations
Three diagrams of electrical devices, their polarities, and currentsfig. 13 through fig. 15