Edison's medicine

English Etymology After Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor who pioneered applications of electricity. Chosen for the near-rhyme. Noun - en medicine humorous Electroconvulsive therapy. en March 19 2011 Andrew Zajac FDA revisits risks of electric shock treatment http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/19/nation/la-na-electric-shock-20110320 Los Angeles Times 25 Jan 2014 They used to call it "Edison's medicine" or, with a touch of gallows humor, a "Georgia Power cocktail" — the practice of hooking mentally troubled patients up to an electrical current and jolting them until they went into convulsions. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310063905/http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/19/nation/la-na-electric-shock-20110320 10 March 2016 en May 11 2012 The rise of electroshock therapy: A guide http://theweek.com/article/index/227723/the-rise-of-electroshock-therapy-a-guide The Week 25 Jan 2014 The use of electroshock as mind-erasing punishment was dramatized in the 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and that negative portrayal almost served as a death knell for a practice derided as "Edison's medicine." https://web.archive.org/web/20130601115823/http://theweek.com/article/index/227723/the-rise-of-electroshock-therapy-a-guide 1 June 2013 2013 August 5, David Thomson, "Woody Allen makes a wonderful film. Really" (film review of Blue Jasmine), New Republic, vol. 244, no. 12, p. 56: So this woman who has had Edison's medicine (electroshock treatment) and medication, and who has the good fortune to have such a "sister" as Ginger, has lost everything. en eponyms