World War One serviceman receiving treatment
Creator
Date
4 June, 1919
Identifier
Image S13-018b Hocken Collections, Uare Taoka o Hākena, University of Otago
Publisher
Otago Witness
Abstract
This photograph depicts a returned serviceman from World War One receiving electrical stimulation of the thigh muscles with a Faradic battery and button electrode. Faradic stimulation of muscles was carried out to prevent wasting and disuse in the presence of nerve injuries and fractures.
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Citation
Otago Witness, “World War One serviceman receiving treatment,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed April 20, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/8069.