2000 years of therapeutic electricity

Therapeutic electricity as discussed in this article describes all cases where electricity is applied directly to the body with the intention of curing disease or alleviating symptoms. This definition thus includes, but is not limited by, those procedures which traditionally fall within the province of `electrotherapy'. The therapeutic effects of electricity were known by philosophers 2000 years ago, and nowadays thousands of people owe their lives to developments such as heart pacemakers.