When the first residential electrical grids came to life, the world saw it as a utopian project. The miracle of science had brought an invisible force through a wire to their homes — one that could light rooms and make un-living objects move. Much as "AI" has become a buzzword to advertise consumer software nowadays, consumer products of that era advertised that they were superior because they were produced through electricity; Triscuit crackers, for instance, whose name was a portmanteau of "electricity biscuits" and which were produced in electric ovens, were so-named to heighten their appeal. Meanwhile, movies of the early electrification era reflected the fear and the promise of electricity — including the 1931 film adaptation of "Frankenstein," in which Frankenstein's monster is brought to life through electricity.
Now that electrification is quotidian, we don't associate it with magical properties or the ability to restore life through a few choice zaps of the stuff. That makes a new study into electricity's healing properties all the more surprising for its "Frankenstein"-esque conclusion.
