Electro-Stimulus Machine
Basic details
Electro-Stimulus Machine is an artifact, with genre medical equipment & supplies.
Its dimensions are 16 in. x 12 in. x 9 in.
It was created sometime in 1920.
Harding Hospital Museum is the contributor.
You can find the original at Harding Hospital Museum.
Background
This machine is from Harding Hospital, founded by Dr. George T. Harding Jr. Electro-stimulus machines have been used in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. The administration of mild electric shocks for medical purposes dates to the late 18th century. Edward Nairne was first to patent an electricalmedical device in 1782. Early machines were superseded by those using induction coils and later current electricity. Elecro-stimulus therapy can be highly controversial. Electro Stimulus Therapy is sometimes used for treatment of severely depressed patients that do not respond to medication.
Subjects
It features the organization Harding Hospital.
It covers the topic doctors and medicine.
It covers the city Worthington.
It features the address 413 E. Dublin-Granville Road.
Record details
This file was reformatted digital in the format video/jpeg.
The Worthington Memory identification code is hhm0010.
This metadata record was human prepared by Worthington Libraries on . It was last updated .
