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Vital Electricity
You're Dead to Me
The Power of Electricity in the 1700s
In the 1700s, electricity was being heralded as a cure and healing power. Fever's deafness, blindness, headaches, stopped menstruation were not believed to be curable using electricity. Electrotherapy involves inserting silver more deeply into the rectum than usual. The idea is that even if electricity isn't kind of nerve force, then the nerve force is very similar to electricity.
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