MacPhail-Strauss 'Plexacon' electro-convulsive therapy machine

Made:
1945-1950 in London
MacPhail-Strauss 'Plexacon' electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

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MacPhail-Strauss 'Plexacon' electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)
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MacPhail-Strauss 'Plexacon' electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) machine using chopped capacitor discharge technique, complete with lead, electrodes, headboard, mouth gag with tag saying "Dr L. Hesedman", and operating instructions, by Theratronics Ltd, London, WC1, c. 1950