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Page 87
... reaction displayed by different people is widely different . CUTANEOUS FARADIZATION . When it is desired to act only upon the skin faradization has many advantages over the other forms of electricity , and in practice it is invariably ...
... reaction displayed by different people is widely different . CUTANEOUS FARADIZATION . When it is desired to act only upon the skin faradization has many advantages over the other forms of electricity , and in practice it is invariably ...
Page 94
... reaction may be increased or di- minished or altogether absent . The irritability of a muscle is tested by ascertaining the lowest power which will cause its contraction . The pro- cedure is as follows : Assume the case , for example ...
... reaction may be increased or di- minished or altogether absent . The irritability of a muscle is tested by ascertaining the lowest power which will cause its contraction . The pro- cedure is as follows : Assume the case , for example ...
Page 96
... reaction will correspond with that of fara- dism , but in some cases in which response to faradism is diminished or abolished , the reaction to a slowly interrupted voltaic current is not only preserved but greatly increased . On the ...
... reaction will correspond with that of fara- dism , but in some cases in which response to faradism is diminished or abolished , the reaction to a slowly interrupted voltaic current is not only preserved but greatly increased . On the ...
Page 97
... reaction to the slowly interrupted voltaic current is often of great use in the diagnosis of peripheral from central paralysis ( e.g. , in the diagnosis of paralysis of the facial nerve from facial hemiplegia . ) Reaction of this kind ...
... reaction to the slowly interrupted voltaic current is often of great use in the diagnosis of peripheral from central paralysis ( e.g. , in the diagnosis of paralysis of the facial nerve from facial hemiplegia . ) Reaction of this kind ...
Page 98
... reaction to faradism is greatly diminished or abolished , and that to inter- rupted voltaism increased . In rheumatic palsy the reaction remains normal , or is increased to both currents . In paralysis from disease of the brain ...
... reaction to faradism is greatly diminished or abolished , and that to inter- rupted voltaism increased . In rheumatic palsy the reaction remains normal , or is increased to both currents . In paralysis from disease of the brain ...
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