Punch,  35 (1858), 126.

Health of the Electric Telegraph

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Telegraphy, Accidents, Electricity

Institutions mentioned:

Atlantic Telegraph Company


    In response to news of the failure of the Atlantic telegraph to transmit messages, reassures readers that the telegraph's power of speech has not gone and, according to 'eminent physicians in electricity', that this deficiency is 'only a case of suspended animation'. Adds that 'the patient' is 'fast mending' and will soon be able to enable the Old and New worlds to communicate.



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