Practical electricity in medicine and surgery

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Exhibit label for "Practical Electricity in medicine and surgery" by Gustav Adolph Liebig. The text mimics 19th century newspaper and there is an image of a body with electric currents running through the torso
Three images of a torso with different size electrodes being placed in different locations, and how that affects the electric current and density traveling through the body
Head profile with various labeled motor points that are part of facial and neck muscles
An electrode is applied to a man's jawline near his ear
Two electrodes have been placed on opposing sides of a man's head, on his jawline near his ears
A man with two electrodes being placed on his corrugator supercilii muscles near his temples
A smiling man; a pair of hands are touching two electrodes to his cheeks
Left image depicts a tongue depressor with a light bulb attached; right image depicts a gastroscope going down the throat and into the liver
An electric generator
A large machine that looks like a cabinet set on a table. There are pistons and wheels and belts and various implements hanging off the side of the table. The entire device is hooked up to a generator or battery in a box.
An electrode with a curved detachable head. There are two additional identical curved attachment heads under the apparatus
A plate with a grid or graph and a wire sticking out of it, and a square plate with another wire sticking out of it
An electrode with a flat disk at one end
A handle with wires and a couple of knobs
A roller device with bumps on the roller head
Title
Practical electricity in medicine and surgery
Creator
Liebig, Gustav A. (Gustav Adolph)
Location
Philadelphia
Publisher
F.A. Davis
Date
1890
Format
viii, 383 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject
Electricity -- 19th century
Electric Stimulation Therapy -- 19th century
Identifier
https://spokane.wustl.edu:443/record=b7445901~S3
Item sets
Monuments of Medicine Collection
Site pages
Shocking Treatments and New Technologies
Supportive Technologies
Electrothereupeutics
Media
Exhibit label for "Practical Electricity in medicine and surgery" by Gustav Adolph Liebig. The text mimics 19th century newspaper and there is an image of a body with electric currents running through the torsoExhibit label
Three images of a torso with different size electrodes being placed in different locations, and how that affects the electric current and density traveling through the bodyFig. 134 through Fig. 136 showing distribution and current density with different electrodes
Head profile with various labeled motor points that are part of facial and neck musclesMotor Points of the Muscles of the Head, Face, and Neck
An electrode is applied to a man's jawline near his earMuscles Supplied by the Facial Nerve Stimulated from the Motor Point Below the Meatus
Two electrodes have been placed on opposing sides of a man's head, on his jawline near his earsBilateral Contraction of the Frontalis Muscle
A man with two electrodes being placed on his corrugator supercilii muscles near his templesBilateral Contraction of the Corrugator Supercilii Muscles
A smiling man; a pair of hands are touching two electrodes to his cheeksBilateral Contraction of the Zygomaticus Major. The Contraction of the Orbigularis Palperbarum is Also Shown in the Cut
Left image depicts a tongue depressor with a light bulb attached; right image depicts a gastroscope going down the throat and into the liver Tongue Depressor; The Gastroscope in Position
An electric generatorThe McIntosh Medical Dynamo
A large machine that looks like a cabinet set on a table. There are pistons and wheels and belts and various implements hanging off the side of the table. The entire device is hooked up to a generator or battery in a box. Ranney's Improved Holtz Induction Machine
An electrode with a curved detachable head. There are two additional identical curved attachment heads under the apparatusGoelet's Intra-Uterine Electrodes
A plate with a grid or graph and a wire sticking out of it, and a square plate with another wire sticking out of itApostoli's Abdominal Clay Electrode, with Contact-Plate and Zinc Tray for Keeping the Clay Moist
An electrode with a flat disk at one endCarbon-Disk Electrode for Vagina
A handle with wires and a couple of knobsLarge Screw-Cautery Handle
A roller device with bumps on the roller head Roller or Massage Electrode