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The picana is a hybrid electroshock weapon adapted from the electric cattle prod, the precursor for today's stun guns.Originally cattle prods were devices developed for use as a goad in animal slaughterhouses, but later were used on humans as torture devices intended to exact pain and incapacitate a person.
A patent drawing for the GED. The graduated electronic decelerator (GED) is a torture device that delivers powerful electric shocks to the skin.Created by Matthew Israel for use on people at the Judge Rotenberg Center as part of the institution's behavior modification program, the device and the school's punishment program have been condemned as torture by the United Nations special rapporteur ...
A TASER device, with cartridge removed, making an electric spark between its two electrodes Police issue X26 TASER device with cartridge installed. TASER (also variously "Taser" or "taser") is a brand of conducted energy device (CED) primarily used to incapacitate people by delivering an intense electric shock that briefly disrupts voluntary control of the muscles, allowing the person to be ...
An electrical injury (electric injury) or electrical shock (electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The injury depends on the density of the current , tissue resistance and duration of contact. [ 4 ]
Patients who received pulsing electrical impulses, as opposed to a steady flow, seemed to incur less memory loss. The vast majority of modern treatments use brief pulse currents. [70] A greater number of treatments and higher electrical charges (stimulus charges) have also been associated with a greater risk of memory impairment. [35]
A taser, with cartridge removed, making an electric arc between its two electrodes. An electroshock weapon is an incapacitating weapon.It delivers an electric shock aimed at temporarily disrupting muscle functions and/or inflicting pain, usually without causing significant injury.
Frances Farmer, American film actress, who described standing in line with other girls at mental hospital waiting for shock treatments in the 1940s. Carrie Fisher, American actress and novelist [18] Fisher speaks at length of her experiences with ECT in her autobiography Wishful Drinking. Janet Frame, New Zealand writer and poet [19]
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