An early illustrative book on the dangers of electricity

[packman]

Austrian physician Stefan Jellinek (May 29, 1871 – September 2, 1968) founded The Electro-Pathological Museum in 1936. He provided the content seen in the book Elektroschutz in 132 Bildern (Electrical Protection in 132 Pictures). Death and electricity went hand-in-hand. But with this book, you would be forewarned.






Many more early warning pixs at:

https://flashbak.com/1936-how-to-die-by-electrocution-in-30-pictures-12254/

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. Why is the man peeing from a bridge? Why is his pee red?

[packman]

2. In the old days people peed from high places

bridges, roof tops, cliffs, tree tops, etc. This was known as "The Golden Shower".

The pee isn't red, the red shows the path of electricity.

[fleur-de-lisa]

3. I thought it was some guy with syphilis, like Trump.

[jberryhill]

4. Because he's been banging the dog again....

[ProudLib72]

5. That is not a man. It is a boy

See how he is barefoot? That indicates he is only a boy. Back in the day, they did not makes shoes for boys, so boys went around barefoot everywhere in all seasons. It also meant that there was an increased possibility of boys being electrocuted because they did not have insulating footwear, so the flow of electrons went unencumbered through his leg to (ostensibly) the negatively charged bridge.

This is a German publication. Back then Germans ate a lot of beets. I mean, they ate up to 10 pounds of beets per day. Beets turn your pee red.

[Wounded Bear]

7. Nice try, but...

Germans ate brats. Russians ate beets.

[sl8]

8. Fact, bears eat beets.

Bears, beets, "Battlestar Galactica."

[Wounded Bear]

9. And mares eat oats...

[ProudLib72]

12. And does eat oats, and little lambs eat ivy

Kids will eat ivy too, wouldn't you?

[ProudLib72]

13. I meant Prussia

East Prussia to be specific. This was way back when, you know.

[ProudLib72]

6. In that first pic. If there is a short in the light

and the gas is turned on...


She has a lot more to worry about than getting a shock!

[Bayard]

10. Definitely forwarding this to my electrician husband!

Even though he's industrial.

[hunter]

11. Improper grounding, insulation, and isolation were apparently big problems then...

... although it sometimes happens today in things like counterfeit usb phone chargers.

Thankfully things like open knife switches and "hot" radio or television chassis are a thing of the past.

When I was a kid my brother and I found an old black and white television in a dumpster. The channel selector knob was broken so we figured we could change the channels with a pair of pliers. The electric shock knocked me over and the pliers went flying.

[onethatcares]

14. ever stick a bobbi pin in an outlet?

my sister did. She believed me when I told her it wouldn't do any thing bad. Boy, was she dumb......