The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American

Publication Data

• Title The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American
• Author Carolyn Thomas de la Peña
• Publisher New York University Press
• Publication date 2003
• Publication location New York, N.Y.
• Language English

Contents

The machine-built body
Measuring mechanical strength
Exploring electric limits
Powering the intimate body
?Radiomania? limits the energy dream
Conclusion: the end of an era?

Topics

• Quacks and quackery :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Quacks and quackery :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• Medical instruments and apparatus :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Medical instruments and apparatus :: United States :: History :: 20th century
• Electrotherapeutics :: United States :: History :: 19th century
• Electrotherapeutics :: United States :: History :: 20th century

The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American by Carolyn Thomas de la Peña. ISBN 081471983X. Published by New York University Press in 2003. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.