| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - iques employed both direct current and static electricity. It was already known that the heart responds to mechanical blows to the chest with a fist, a technique now known as percussive pacing. It soon became clear that the heart was an organ especially sensitive to electricity as well. </p>+<p>As early as 1788, attempts were made to treat irregular heartbeats with an electric shock, a
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