Electricidad, alienismo y modernidad: The Sanden Electric Company y el cuerpo nervioso en Santiago de Chile, 1900-1910
This articles focuses on electrotherapy in order to interrogate some of the features of Chilean modern medicine. It explores the exchange between urban modernity, medical ideals and the therapeutic market throughout the analysis of magnetic belts advertising -which were sold in Chile in the first de...
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Centre de Recherches sur les Mondes Américains
2014
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| Sumario: | This articles focuses on electrotherapy in order to interrogate some of the features of Chilean modern medicine. It explores the exchange between urban modernity, medical ideals and the therapeutic market throughout the analysis of magnetic belts advertising -which were sold in Chile in the first decade of the 20th century by Sanden Company. In this dialogue, the body was identified as the main destiny of the dynamics provided by modernity and the fears and promises offered by the medical market. |
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