[Electricity in healing: four different applications in a copper engraving of the Elightenment].
This text describes a single engraving of the picture encyclopedia Bilder-Akademie für die Jugend published from 1780 to 1784. It consisted of 52 picture tableaus, each with nine images that were connected through the biblical topic. The particular image under examination, the "Table 38", shows the healing wonders of Christ, the electrifying machine, a healing physician and the structure of ear and eye. Goal of this text will be to describe the different connections and meanings of these depicted scenes, as in the same time I will argue, that pictures can not only be interpreted by understanding how people looked at them, but also to take into question what people did with them.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Berlin.
D004560:Electricity / Q000266:history*; D004690:Encyclopedias as Topic; D004741:Engraving and Engravings / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D008512:Medicine in the Arts; D011642:Publications / Q000266:history*; D012068:Religion and Medicine