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Galvanism

noun

Electricity produced by chemical action.

The therapeutic application of electricity to the body (as in the treatment of various forms of paralysis). Synonyms: electric healing, electrical healing, electrotherapy.

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... happiness. Human nature succumbs under the irregularities imposed upon it. Deeply attainted at its root, the desire to live, persistent in spite of everything, seeks satisfaction in cheats and baubles. In medical science we have recourse to artificial respiration, artificial alimentation, and galvanism. So, too, around expiring pleasure we see a crowd of its votaries, exerting themselves to reawaken it, to reanimate it Most ingenious means have been invented; it can never be said that expense has been spared. ...

— The Simple Life • Charles Wagner

Words linked to "Galvanism" : galvanize, electroconvulsive therapy, therapy, ECT, galvanise, electroshock, electroshock therapy, electricity, galvanic