A HANDBOOK

OF

·MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

ELECTRICITY

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A HANDBOOK

OF

MEDICAL AND SURGICAL

ELECTRICITY

BY

HERBERT TIBBITS, M.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS IN EDINBURGH
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL SOCIETY

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK SOCIETY OF NEUROLOGY AND ELECTROLOGY
HONORARY MEDICAL SUPERINTENDENT OF THE NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR THE
PARALYSED AND EPILEPTIO

LATE MEDICAL OFFICER FOR ELECTRICAL TREATMENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN
GREAT ORMOND STREET, ETC. ETC.

SECOND EDITION, REVISED AND ENLARGED

WITH NINETY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

TES

LIBRARY

EDINBURGH

LONDON

J, & A. CHURCHILL, NEW BURLINGTON STREET

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The Memory of the late

DR. G. B. DUCHENNE (DE BOULOGNE),

Lauréat de l'Institut de France et de l'Académie de Médecine,
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur, &c. &c.,

"THE FATHER OF ELECTRO-THERAPEUTICS,"

This Handbook is Dedicated

BY ITS AUTHOR,

AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT AND ADMIRATION,

FOR ONE TO WHOM PHYSIOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY ARE ALIKE INDEBTED,

NOT ALONE FOR NEW DISCOVERIES,

BUT FOR THE RECTIFICATION OF LONG-STANDING ERRORS ;

AND WHOSE LIFE WAS DEVOTED WITH BARE EARNESTNESS AND SINGLENESS

OF PURPOSE TO THE APPLICATIONS OF ELECTRICITY

IN THE INVESTIGATION AND ALLEVIATION OF DISEASE,