Edison's medicine
Examples
“They used to call⟳ it "Edison's medicine" or, with a touch⟳ of gallows humor, a "Georgia Power cocktail" — the practice of hooking mentally troubled patients up to an electrical current and jolting them until they went into convulsions.”
“The use⟳ of electroshock as mind-erasing punishment was dramatized in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and that negative portrayal almost served as a death knell for a practice derided as "Edison's medicine."”
“So this woman who has had Edison's medicine (electroshock treatment) and medication, and who has the good fortune to have⟳ such a "sister" as Ginger, has lost everything.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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