The body electric
Radium
Electrotherapeutics
Quacks and quackery
Electric Stimulation Therapy
Medical instruments and apparatus
Bodybuilding
Medizin
Medicine, history
Exercise therapy
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History
"The Body Electric is the first book to place changing ideas about fitness and gender in dialogue with the popular culture of technology. Whether through wearing electric belts, drinking radium water, or lifting mechanized weights, many Americans came to believe that by embracing the nation's rapid …
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