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Page 45
... painful , although in- frequent . These slow intermissions are sometimes highly useful . In the trembler the point of the screw is platinized and comes in contact with a plate also platinized , and soldered to the piece which beats ...
... painful , although in- frequent . These slow intermissions are sometimes highly useful . In the trembler the point of the screw is platinized and comes in contact with a plate also platinized , and soldered to the piece which beats ...
Page 61
... nerves or muscles . The pain of this application , especially when a large number of needles were inserted , and many other disadvantages , precluded it from being adopted in practice . But it appears to have suggested to Duchenne.
... nerves or muscles . The pain of this application , especially when a large number of needles were inserted , and many other disadvantages , precluded it from being adopted in practice . But it appears to have suggested to Duchenne.
Page 64
... painful , electricity of a degree of tension only to be obtained from a sufficiently charged Leyden jar or jars must be made use of , and this may be rendered so powerful that the whole limb , or even the whole body is as it were struck ...
... painful , electricity of a degree of tension only to be obtained from a sufficiently charged Leyden jar or jars must be made use of , and this may be rendered so powerful that the whole limb , or even the whole body is as it were struck ...
Page 73
... pain in thin persons it may be found immediately after it leaves the stylo - mastoid foramen . Press the rheophore strongly , just below the concha , between the mastoid and condyloid processes . The branches from the facial to the ...
... pain in thin persons it may be found immediately after it leaves the stylo - mastoid foramen . Press the rheophore strongly , just below the concha , between the mastoid and condyloid processes . The branches from the facial to the ...
Page 74
... painful , and causes profuse lachrymation and sometimes conjuncti- vitis . The nerve of the zygomaticus major may be excited quite close to the origin of the muscle at the inferior and external edge of the zygoma , and the certain bony ...
... painful , and causes profuse lachrymation and sometimes conjuncti- vitis . The nerve of the zygomaticus major may be excited quite close to the origin of the muscle at the inferior and external edge of the zygoma , and the certain bony ...
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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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