Edward Nairne

In the eighth edition of the instruction manual for this device he claimed that "electricity is almost a specific in some disorders, and deserves to be held in the highest estimation for its efficacy in many others".

He recommended its use for nervous disorders, bruises, burns, scales, bloodshot eyes, toothache, sciatica, epilepsy, hysteria, agues and so on.

[1] In the early 1700s, Edward Nairne constructed the first successful marine barometer by constricting the glass tube between the cistern and register plate.

[citation needed] The instrument was suspended from gimbals mounted within a freestanding frame to provide additional stability.

Nairne was a regular contributor to the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, and was elected a fellow of that institution in 1776.