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The British Journal of Psychiatry 153: 157-162 (1988)
© 1988 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Electricity: a history of its use in the treatment of mental illness in Britain during the second half of the 19th century

AW Beveridge and EB Renvoize
West Fife District General Hospital, Dunfermline, York.

The use of electricity in British psychiatry during the second half of the 19th century is examined. An account is given of the clinical and theoretical aspects of electrical therapy. Factors leading to its use and eventual decline are considered.


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