A device “for giving general electric treatment for psychological effect, in psycho-neurotic cases” during the war. The electroconvulsive therapy was first used on a human being in 1938.
Bergonic Chair by Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine under CC BY 2.0.
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