Electrogalvanic amulets.

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Electrogalvanic amulets. Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Electrogalvanic amulets for protection from and cure of disease. Essential feature is the presence of two metals, generally copper and zinc. Exploitation of the discovery of the Galvanic current by Galvani and Volta.

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