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The first description of electrical pain therapy was given by the Roman physician SCRIBONIUS LARGUS (9) in 47 B.C., who gave a report on a man who happened to get in contact with an electric torpedo fish with resulting pain relief in his arthrotic knee.
Supported by Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Sozialordnung and Sonderforschungsbereich Hirnforschung (SFB 70) der DFG, Bonn/W. Germany.
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Krainick, JU., Thoden, U. (1975). Electrical Stimulation of the Spinal Cord for the Relief of Pain. In: Penzholz, H., Brock, M., Hamer, J. (eds) Brain Hypoxia. Advances in Neurosurgery, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66239-3_29
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