Shock Treatment

Nurses attend a patient who is receiving electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) to cure depression, at a mental hospital in England, November 1946. Electrodes on the patient's head administer an electric shock and throw her into convulsions, while the nurses are charged with controlling her movements. Original publication: Picture Post - 4254 - Life In A Mental Hospital - pub. 23rd November 1946 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Nurses attend a patient who is receiving electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) to cure depression, at a mental hospital in England, November 1946. Electrodes on the patient's head administer an electric shock and throw her into convulsions, while the nurses are charged with controlling her movements. Original publication: Picture Post - 4254 - Life In A Mental Hospital - pub. 23rd November 1946 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Shock Treatment
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Credit:
Kurt Hutton / Stringer
Editorial #:
502138833
Collection:
Picture Post
Date created:
November 01, 1946
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Source:
Picture Post
Object name:
J171872704
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