Punch,  46 (1864), 58.

New Fact in Electrical Science

Anon

Genre:

News-Commentary, Drollery

Subjects:

Electricity, Telegraphy, Physiology, Medical Treatment, Technology


    Reports that 'Medical men' have stated that some electricity is conveyed to the body when receiving a telegram, and that it is 'a very healthy thing to take a course of telegrams, and their efficacy is increased by the shock which it gives most people to receive a telegram at all'.



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