electricity Archives - British Society for the History of Medicine https://bshm.org.uk/tag/electricity/ Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:47:49 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 Electricity and Pancakes https://bshm.org.uk/electricity-and-pancakes/ https://bshm.org.uk/electricity-and-pancakes/#respond Mon, 03 Jun 2024 10:47:49 +0000 https://bshm.org.uk/?p=18550 Adrian Thomas describes how the poet William Cowper used electricity to treat a friend who suffered a stroke. I had a significant birthday recently, and as a birthday treat, we decided to visit Olney in Buckinghamshire where the poet William Cowper (1731-1800)  lived. In his day Cowper was arguably the most popular and influential poet […]

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