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Electric Stimulation Therapy

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Application of electric current in treatment without the generation of perceptible heat. It includes electric stimulation of nerves or muscles, passage of current into the body, or use of interrupted current of low intensity to raise the detection threshold of the skin to pain.

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Records of the Anderson Hospital

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/278
Scope and Contents This collection of materials concerning the Anderson Hospital spans 1917 to 1943. Included are photographs of the hospital's facilities, form letters with information about the opening of the hospital (ca. 1917), a clipping describing a fire at the hospital (1924), and an illustrated brochure (ca. 1943).Series 1 includes photographs of the Anderson Hospital taken sometime between 1917 and 1921, when it was still called the Pennsylvania Orthopaedic Hospital and School of...
Dates: 1917 - circa 1943