A rheumatism patient uses an electrical machine called the Galvanoset to administer drugs. Photograph, ca. 1925.

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1925
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565754i
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A rheumatism patient uses an electrical machine called the Galvanoset to administer drugs. Photograph, ca. 1925. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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1925

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 16.4 x 21.5 cm

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Galvanoset - apparatus which forces the drug through the flesh by electrical means. This process, which is called Electric Ionization, is analog[o]us to the method of electro-plating, and is shown in this photograph introducing sodium salicylate into the arm of a patient as a cure for rheumatism

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Wellcome Collection 565754i

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