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Abstract
HISTORY
The use of electrical currents in medicine is not new (1). Records indicate electrical stimulation was prescribed as early as 46 A.D. The Greek physician, Scribonious Largus, prescribed the “seashore treatment” for numerous patients suffering acute pain. During this treatment, the patient would place one foot on a species of fish which used mild electrical shocks as a defense mechanism, and the other foot on wet sand, thus completing an electrical circuit.