A Handbook of Medical Electricity |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 15
Page 27
... treat- ment of cases not admitting of easy removal . M. Foveaux , of the firm of Messrs . Weiss & Co. , 62 Strand , has designed and constructed a portable bat- tery which is unsurpassed for efficiency of action , and compactness ...
... treat- ment of cases not admitting of easy removal . M. Foveaux , of the firm of Messrs . Weiss & Co. , 62 Strand , has designed and constructed a portable bat- tery which is unsurpassed for efficiency of action , and compactness ...
Page 102
... system of making the appli- cation exclusively local is both illogical and in- consistent ; that in the use of electricity , as of every other remedy , constitutional diseases should be treated constitutionally 102 ELECTRO - THERAPEUTICS .
... system of making the appli- cation exclusively local is both illogical and in- consistent ; that in the use of electricity , as of every other remedy , constitutional diseases should be treated constitutionally 102 ELECTRO - THERAPEUTICS .
Page 103
Herbert Tibbits. every other remedy , constitutional diseases should be treated constitutionally . " Their method of pro- cedure is to place the patient with his naked feet upon a sheet of copper connected with one pole , usually the ...
Herbert Tibbits. every other remedy , constitutional diseases should be treated constitutionally . " Their method of pro- cedure is to place the patient with his naked feet upon a sheet of copper connected with one pole , usually the ...
Page 113
... treated by Professor Niemeyer . " The patients , " he writes , " were respectively aged sixty - four and seventy - four , and the duration of the neuralgia had been respectively five , and twenty - nine years ; in both the pain was of ...
... treated by Professor Niemeyer . " The patients , " he writes , " were respectively aged sixty - four and seventy - four , and the duration of the neuralgia had been respectively five , and twenty - nine years ; in both the pain was of ...
Page 115
... treat them with that current to which they most readily respond . Where , after three or four applications , there is no contraction under either current , electricity will do no good . Where reaction is normal it will usually not aid ...
... treat them with that current to which they most readily respond . Where , after three or four applications , there is no contraction under either current , electricity will do no good . Where reaction is normal it will usually not aid ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
Popular passages
Page ii - A Treatise on Medical Electricity, Theoretical and Practical ; and its Use in the Treatment of Paralysis, Neuralgia, and other Diseases.