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22.01.2018 | Pioneers in Neurology
Scribonius Largus (probably before 1CE–after 48CE)
verfasst von:
Marco Cambiaghi, Sergio Sconocchia
Erschienen in:
Journal of Neurology
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Ausgabe 10/2018
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Excerpt
The use of transcranial electrical current to stimulate the brain may be considered a twentieth-century technique by some and a futuristic tool by others; a third group remains uncertain [
1,
2]. Actually, the first evidence of therapeutic application of transcranial electric current dates back to 47CE, when the Roman physician Scribonius Largus used live torpedo fishes to treat headache, taking advantage of the numbing effect induced by the electric fish [
2], although the concept of electricity did not become clear until the eighteenth century. …