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Page 43
... last for two or three weeks , and may be used for several hours a day , without any other care than to renew the moisture of the cloth , and to move a little every day , before use , ELECTRO - MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS . 43 .
... last for two or three weeks , and may be used for several hours a day , without any other care than to renew the moisture of the cloth , and to move a little every day , before use , ELECTRO - MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS . 43 .
Page 59
... week at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , it gave very fair results , and may be recommended both for purposes of diagnosis and treatment to medical practitioners who only occasionally make use of electricity . For ...
... week at the National Hospital for the Paralysed and Epileptic , it gave very fair results , and may be recommended both for purposes of diagnosis and treatment to medical practitioners who only occasionally make use of electricity . For ...
Page 97
... weeks the excitability of the motor nerves to faradism and voltaism was lost . The paralysed muscles on the contrary had preserved their irrita- bility to the interrupted voltaic current and responded by a slow contraction , due to the ...
... weeks the excitability of the motor nerves to faradism and voltaism was lost . The paralysed muscles on the contrary had preserved their irrita- bility to the interrupted voltaic current and responded by a slow contraction , due to the ...
Page 101
... weeks those that had been electrized weighed more and had grown larger than those of the same litter that had not been elec- trized . Heidenheim found that the prolonged action of a continuous current upon an exhausted muscle produced a ...
... weeks those that had been electrized weighed more and had grown larger than those of the same litter that had not been elec- trized . Heidenheim found that the prolonged action of a continuous current upon an exhausted muscle produced a ...
Page 105
... weeks to three months . The seventh case did not receive any benefit from the use of static electricity , and the other forms of the agent proved equally ineffective . The case recovered slowly under general treatment . Electrization by ...
... weeks to three months . The seventh case did not receive any benefit from the use of static electricity , and the other forms of the agent proved equally ineffective . The case recovered slowly under general treatment . Electrization by ...
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acid action affected muscles apparatus application atrophy battery bladder brachial plexus branches carbon caused cells communication of positive commutator conductor copper cord cure cutaneous faradization deformity deltoid disease Duchenne Duchenne's Edition elec electro-therapeutics electrode excitation excitors extensor facial faradization farado-contractility fibres fingers flexor forearm graduation hand hemiplegia humerus hypothenar eminences increased induction instrument Infantile Paralysis insulated interrupted voltaic current irritability knob lesion Leyden jar localized ment metallic minutes months movement muscles muscular tissue National Hospital negative pole neuralgia neurolemma nutrition pain palmaris longus paralyzed muscles paraplegia patient pedal rheotome pharynx phore phrenic phrenic nerves placed plate primary coil produced Radcliffe radial nerve reaction rectal rheophore result rheo rheophore sarcolemma scapula screw secondary coil sensation sensibility sheaths shown in fig side skin soft iron sparks spasm splenius sponge sternomastoid Stöhrer's induction surface tendons therapeutic tion treatment trembler tricity voltaism voluntary power zinc