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... body the body as advocated by the inventor they exercise little or no benefit , except perhaps in some cases where they appear to act from their electrocutaneous excitation as counter - irritants . I am led to make these remarks and to ...
... body the body as advocated by the inventor they exercise little or no benefit , except perhaps in some cases where they appear to act from their electrocutaneous excitation as counter - irritants . I am led to make these remarks and to ...
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... body becomes charged with electricity , which escapes from all points of the skin . If it is desired to localize some- what this escape along the course of certain nerve branches , or otherwise , but to avoid shock , a brush may be ...
... body becomes charged with electricity , which escapes from all points of the skin . If it is desired to localize some- what this escape along the course of certain nerve branches , or otherwise , but to avoid shock , a brush may be ...
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... body through which it is desired that the electricity should pass . In fig . 1 the charge is being directed through the muscles of the ball of the thumb . This is the least complex way , but if it be desired to measure the charge ...
... body through which it is desired that the electricity should pass . In fig . 1 the charge is being directed through the muscles of the ball of the thumb . This is the least complex way , but if it be desired to measure the charge ...
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... body of the muscle and not over its tendons , and Rule to be in order to electrize it completely they should cover the Direct Muscu- whole of its surface , and when they are not large enough tion . to do this , they must be applied in ...
... body of the muscle and not over its tendons , and Rule to be in order to electrize it completely they should cover the Direct Muscu- whole of its surface , and when they are not large enough tion . to do this , they must be applied in ...
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... body . It is common to find variations in the course of the nerves , and in the mode of their distribution among the muscles , so that the points most suitable for their excitation can only be pointed out approximately . It is ...
... body . It is common to find variations in the course of the nerves , and in the mode of their distribution among the muscles , so that the points most suitable for their excitation can only be pointed out approximately . It is ...
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acid action affected muscles aphonia apparatus application atrophy battery Becker-Muirhead bladder brachial plexus branches button carbon cells charge commutator conductor contractility contraction copper cord covered Instru cutaneous faradization deformity deltoid diagnosis disease Duchenne Duchenne's large Edition Elec electrode elements excitation excitors facial faradic Instru faradization farado-contractility fcap fibres fingers forearm Foveaux's Portable Franklinization Galvanic glass graduator hand hemiplegia hypothenar eminences increased Infantile Paralysis insulated interrupted voltaic current irritability knob lesion Leyden jar lysis ment metallic months muscular tissue National Hospital negative neuralgia nutrition pain palmaris longus paralysed muscles Paraplegia patient pedal rheotome phore phrenic phrenic nerves placed plate pole positive primary coil produced Radcliffe's radial nerve reaction rectal rheophore result rheo rheophore scapula screw secondary coil sensation shown in fig side skin soft iron spasm sponge sternomastoid surface tery therapeutic tion Torticollis Traumatic Paralysis treatment trembler tricity ulnar nerve Volta-Faradic Instrument Voltaism wasted zinc
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