Room 18 Showcase V03

Electricity in medicine

At the end of the nineteenth century electricity began to have an increasing ìmpact on society. Medicine was no exception. Red-hot electrodes replaced the traditional cauterising irons. It even became fasionable to use electrical stimulation to treat al kinds of physical and mental ailments. The effectiveness of such treatment was not always apparent; medical interest waned and electrotherapy was relegated to the field of alternative medicine.

Electrotherapeutical brush after Dr. Hoffmann   [V02293]

Handle for galvano-caustics   [V02731]

Handle for galvano-caustics   [V02871]

Induction apparatus with electrodes   [V08952]

Induction apparatus with horseshoe magnet and electrodes   [V08953]

Electrodes for Electrotherapy   [V08981]

Galvanic chain   [V09960]

Handle with burner   [V09961]

High-frequency apparatus with glass electrodes   [V09963]

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