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Page 27
... screws , & c . , of electrical instruments must be kept scrupulously clean , and to do this nothing is better than to rub them occasion- ally with a bit of very fine emery paper . The single drawback to Muirhead's battery is that it is ...
... screws , & c . , of electrical instruments must be kept scrupulously clean , and to do this nothing is better than to rub them occasion- ally with a bit of very fine emery paper . The single drawback to Muirhead's battery is that it is ...
Page 34
... screw the carbons and zincs together again until they have been allowed to dry for twelve hours . Charge each cell with a solution of one part of strong sulphuric acid to nineteen of water , and put in each a pinch ( about as much as a ...
... screw the carbons and zincs together again until they have been allowed to dry for twelve hours . Charge each cell with a solution of one part of strong sulphuric acid to nineteen of water , and put in each a pinch ( about as much as a ...
Page 40
... screw , s , against which the soft iron is pressed by a small spring . The pedal ( 1 , fig . 11 ) is to allow slow intermissions to be produced with the foot , an arrangement which leaves the hands of the operator free , either to hold ...
... screw , s , against which the soft iron is pressed by a small spring . The pedal ( 1 , fig . 11 ) is to allow slow intermissions to be produced with the foot , an arrangement which leaves the hands of the operator free , either to hold ...
Page 42
... screw , s , and the temporary magnet of the central coil . If inter- missions , more or less separated from one another are desired , the arrangement is made as before , except that the button , c , is turned from left to right so as to ...
... screw , s , and the temporary magnet of the central coil . If inter- missions , more or less separated from one another are desired , the arrangement is made as before , except that the button , c , is turned from left to right so as to ...
Page 43
... screw , E , so as to preserve the force of the battery . At the same time plates of hard caoutchouc must be placed be- tween the cloth and the zinc , care being taken to wipe the latter if the instrument will not be re- quired again for ...
... screw , E , so as to preserve the force of the battery . At the same time plates of hard caoutchouc must be placed be- tween the cloth and the zinc , care being taken to wipe the latter if the instrument will not be re- quired again for ...
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acid action affected muscles apparatus application atrophy battery bladder brachial plexus brain caused cells commutator complete conductor contraction copper cord cure cutaneous faradization deformity deltoid diagnosis disease Duchenne Duchenne's elec electricity electrode excitation extensor facial faradization farado-contractility fibres fingers flexor forearm hemiplegia hypothenar eminences Illustrations improvement increased induction instrument Infantile Paralysis insulated inter intermissions interrupted voltaic current irritability knob lead palsy lesion levator scapulæ Leyden jar localized Medical Medicine ment minutes months movement muscles muscular tissue negative pole neuralgia neurolemma nutrition Octavo pain palmaris longus paralyzed muscles paraplegia Pathology patient pedal rheotome pharynx phrenic phrenic nerves placed plate practice Price primary coil produced Radcliffe radial nerve result rheophore rheumatic scapula screw Second Edition secondary coil sensation sensibility shoulder shown in fig side skin soft iron spasm splenius sponge sternomastoid Stöhrer's induction surface Surgical tendons therapeutic tion trembler tricity Volta-faradic voluntary power wasted muscles wire zinc
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