M0014514: Various electrotherapeutic apparatus

Previous title, replaced January 2022: Plate showing various appliances for electrotherapy.

Figure 21 shows discharge from a needle or point; figure 22 shows a spark discharge; figure 25 shows a plate electrical machine. Published in Bertholon, Pierre: De l'electricite du corps humain dans l'etat de sante et de maladie, A Paris : Chez Croulbois, 1786. A description of the figures is in volume II pages 155-177. Related images: M0014513, M0014515, M0014516

February 1956

1 photograph glass plate negative; 8.3 x 10.8 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the publication depicted in the glass plate negative: EPB/B/13486/1.v1

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2022.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.