Peña, Carolyn Thomas de la. The body electric how strange machines built the modern American

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General notes

Mode of access: Intranet Description based on title screen of 2003-12-01 This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation "This electronic book contains the following additional feature(s) not available in the print version: Historical pamphlets and advertisements (90 additional images)"--Copyright and Permissions Includes bibliographical references and index Transcribed from: The body electric : how strange machines built the modern American. New York : New York University Press, c2003. xvi, 329 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. (American history and culture (New York University Press)) 0814719538

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?

Extended title: The body electric how strange machines built the modern American / Carolyn Thomas de la Peña

Quacks and quackery Medical instruments and apparatus Electrotherapeutics

author: Peña, Carolyn Thomas de la
associated with: American Council of Learned Societies