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The Purpose of the Parthian Galvanic Cells: A First-Century A. D. Electric BatteryUsed for Analgesia

Paul T. Keyser

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 52, No. 2. (Apr., 1993), pp. 81-98.

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