A Handbook of Medical Electricity |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 19
Page 98
98 ELECTRICITY AS AN AID TO DIAGNOSIS . nation of the system by the
poisonous influence of lead or mercury , or to rheumatic paralysis of the radial
nerve ( a most important question as affecting the treatment ) . In lead palsy the
reaction ...
98 ELECTRICITY AS AN AID TO DIAGNOSIS . nation of the system by the
poisonous influence of lead or mercury , or to rheumatic paralysis of the radial
nerve ( a most important question as affecting the treatment ) . In lead palsy the
reaction ...
Page 104
Facial neuralgia , for example , which has resisted other modes of treatment ,
may occasionally be relieved with rapidity and permanently by drawing sparks
along the track of the affected branch or branches of the tri - facial nerve .
Sometimes ...
Facial neuralgia , for example , which has resisted other modes of treatment ,
may occasionally be relieved with rapidity and permanently by drawing sparks
along the track of the affected branch or branches of the tri - facial nerve .
Sometimes ...
Page 105
An experimental trial was made of electrization by sparks along the lines of the
nerves distributed to the affected muscles . After the third application the spasm
was manifestly relieved , the distortion being diminished , and the consecutive ...
An experimental trial was made of electrization by sparks along the lines of the
nerves distributed to the affected muscles . After the third application the spasm
was manifestly relieved , the distortion being diminished , and the consecutive ...
Page 106
sparks over the affected spot has often proved of great benefit in removing the
localized excessive sensitiveness not unfrequently found in hysterical cases ,
particularly in the spinal region . Tremor , whether general or local , is sometimes
...
sparks over the affected spot has often proved of great benefit in removing the
localized excessive sensitiveness not unfrequently found in hysterical cases ,
particularly in the spinal region . Tremor , whether general or local , is sometimes
...
Page 107
... and it leads to important consequences in electro - therapeutics . If the sheaths
of the muscles and nerves are thus dielectric it is to be supposed that an artificial
charge of positive or negative electricity will affect them like the natural charge .
... and it leads to important consequences in electro - therapeutics . If the sheaths
of the muscles and nerves are thus dielectric it is to be supposed that an artificial
charge of positive or negative electricity will affect them like the natural charge .
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action affected American apparatus application arrangement battery body branch caused cells charge closed Cloth coil College complete conductor connected Containing contraction copper desired Diagnosis direct Diseases Duchenne Duchenne's electricity electrode elements Enlarged especially excitation experience extremity faradization fixed followed four give hand Hospital Illustrations important improvement increased insulated intermissions interrupted irritability knob Leather Lectures less localized London Edition lower MANUAL Medical Medicine ment metallic method minutes months movement muscles muscular natural nerve numerous Octavo operator ORGANS origin pain paralysis paralyzed passes Pathology patient Physician Physiology placed plate points pole positive PRACTICAL present pressed Price primary produced Professor proved reaction result Revised rheophore rule screw Second Edition side skin sufficiently surface SURGERY System therapeutic Third Edition tion treated TREATISE treatment turned University voltaic current volume wire zinc
Popular passages
Page 161 - Cooley's Cyclopaedia of Practical Receipts, And Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades, including Medicine, Pharmacy, and Domestic Economy. Designed as a Comprehensive Supplement to the Pharmacopoeia, and General Book of Reference for the Manufacturer, Tradesman, Amateur, and Heads of Families.
Page 159 - Containing over 3100 Prescriptions, collected from the Practice of the most Eminent Physicians and Surgeons — English, French and American ; a Compendious History of the Materia Medica, Lists of the Doses of all Officinal and Established Preparations, and an Index of Diseases and their Remedies. By HENRY BEASLEY. Sixth Edition. Revised and Enlarged. Cloth, $2.25 Druggists' General Receipt Book. Comprising a copious Veterinary Formulary ; Recipes in Patent and Proprietary Medicines, Druggists...
Page 161 - OUTLINES OF SURGERY AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY, including the Diagnosis and Treatment of Obscure and Urgent Cases, and the Surgical Anatomy of some Important Structures and Regions, by F. LE GROS CLARK, FRS, Consulting Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital. Second Edition, Revised and Expanded by the Author, assisted by WW WAGSTAFFE, FRCS, Assistant-Surgeon to St.
Page 159 - GENERAL' RECEIPT-BOOK : comprising a copious Veterinary Formulary and Table of Veterinary Materia Medica ; Patent and Proprietary Medicines, Druggists
Page 160 - BIOPLASM. A Contribution to the Physiology of Life, or an Introduction to the Study of Physiology and Medicine, for Students. With Numerous Illustrations. Price...
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Handbook of Medical Electricity Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO): Science, Technology, and Medicine: 1780-1925 |
| Author | Herbert Tibbits |
| Publisher | Lindsay & Blakiston, 1873 |
| Length | 164 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |