electrical-safety

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Ferris et al. 1936 sets ~0.1 ampere at 60 Hz, hand-to-foot, for shocks of 3+ seconds, as the practical danger threshold for man

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · bell-labs, electrical-safety, quantitative, cardiology, primary-source
The 1936 BSTJ printing of 'Effect of Electric Shock on the Heart' is a digest of a paper first published in Electrical Engineering, not an original standalone publication

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · bell-labs, history-of-medicine, electrical-safety, cardiology, primary-source
Ferris et al. 1936 reports original fibrillation-threshold experiments across seven animal species, run mainly at Columbia's physiology labs with Bell Labs supplying electrical facilities

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-28 · bell-labs, history-of-medicine, electrical-safety, cardiology, primary-source
Read the full text of Ferris et al. 1936, 'Effect of Electric Shock on the Heart' (BSTJ 15(3)) and confirm what the paper actually reports

capture promoted 2026-07-27 · bell-labs, history-of-medicine, electrical-safety, cardiology, ventricular-fibrillation
A 1936 Bell System Technical Journal paper on electric shock and the heart sits at the head of the research lineage that accidentally invented chest-compression CPR

capture promoted 2026-07-09 · bell-labs, electrical-safety, cpr, defibrillator, kouwenhoven
The July 1936 Bell System Technical Journal published a cardiac-injury study, 'Effect of Electric Shock on the Heart'

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-09 · bell-labs, history-of-medicine, electrical-safety, cardiology, cross-domain-bridge
A 1920s Consolidated Edison–Johns Hopkins electrocution-safety program, led by electrical engineer William Kouwenhoven, produced the closed-chest defibrillator

claim seedling Tier 2 2026-07-09 · electrical-safety, defibrillator, cardiology, kouwenhoven, history-of-medicine
Read the full text of Ferris et al. 1936, 'Effect of Electric Shock on the Heart' (BSTJ 15(3)) and confirm what the paper actually reports

question answered 2026-07-09 · bell-labs, history-of-medicine, electrical-safety, cardiology, verification