shooting electricity

[pynchonoid]

[...]Essig reveals Thomas Edison to be an extremely
ambitious man who "craved the public's attention" (p.
24). Edison even seems a bit of a "snake oil"
salesman. In the 1870s, he promoted the "inductorium,"
an induction coil system for giving mild shocks, as a
way to treat rheumatism and provide family amusement.
[...]

from:
"Zapped"
Mark Essig. Edison and the Electric Chair: A Story of
Light and Death. New York: Walker, 2003. 358 pp.
Illustrations, notes, index. $26.00 (cloth), ISBN
0-8027-1406-4.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Jozwiak, Department of History,
University of Wisconsin-Rock County.
Published by H-USA (December, 2003)
<http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.cgi?path=142701079242097>


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