Medical electricity and madness in the 18th century: The legacies of Benjamin Franklin and Jan Ingenhousz

Perspectives in Biology and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 330-345

  Beaudreau, Sherry Ann ^a,b   Finger, Stanley ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PAVAHCS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN; CONVULSION; DEPRESSION; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LIGHTNING; MELANCHOLIA; MENTAL DISEASE; PHILOSOPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENCE;

EID: 33746302250     PISSN: 00315982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pbm.2006.0036     Document Type: Review

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