Physical Object / Improved Patent Magneto-Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases

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Title: Improved Patent Magneto-Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases
Creator: Burnap, W.H.
Date Created and/or Issued: approximately 1854
Publication Information: Digital resource published by the Regents of the University of California
Contributing Institution: UC San Francisco, Library, Special Collections
Collection: Health Sciences Artifact Collection
Rights Information: Copyrighted
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Description: Scope/Content: Improved Patent Magneto-Electric Machine for Nervous Diseases; machine created in 1854 by W.H. Burnap; electrotherapy device, used crank-operated electromagnetic generator to deliver current to a user through metal handles.
Type: physical object
Identifier: artifact69_lg
Source: Artifact Collection, item 69

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