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#48 Two doctors show off the large electro-shock machine at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1923.

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Two doctors show off the large electro-shock machine at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1923.

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#48 Two doctors show off the large electro-shock machine at St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C. in 1923.

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