Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page vii
... appeared on the subject , must be my excuse for presenting it in an English dress to the Medical Pro- fession of America and Great Britain . I had intended adding largely to it , but attentive peru- sal convinced me that , by so doing ...
... appeared on the subject , must be my excuse for presenting it in an English dress to the Medical Pro- fession of America and Great Britain . I had intended adding largely to it , but attentive peru- sal convinced me that , by so doing ...
Page 3
... appearance , prematurely made an assertion , the correctness of which , after long battling , has recently been recognized . Alexander Volta opposed this theory , and showed that the metals necessary to the production of this phenomenon ...
... appearance , prematurely made an assertion , the correctness of which , after long battling , has recently been recognized . Alexander Volta opposed this theory , and showed that the metals necessary to the production of this phenomenon ...
Page 5
... appearance about this time , and spread rapidly through France and Germany , finding adherents even among physi- cians , Hufeland , Wolfart , Kluge , and others - contributed to deter the profession from studying electricity with the ...
... appearance about this time , and spread rapidly through France and Germany , finding adherents even among physi- cians , Hufeland , Wolfart , Kluge , and others - contributed to deter the profession from studying electricity with the ...
Page 33
... appearance and disappearance of the current , and not by the magnetism already generated . Saxton was the first to ex- plain the phenomena of the extra current of the so - called magneto - electric apparatus , and consequently the ...
... appearance and disappearance of the current , and not by the magnetism already generated . Saxton was the first to ex- plain the phenomena of the extra current of the so - called magneto - electric apparatus , and consequently the ...
Page 37
... appeared that every artificial transverse section of the brain or spinal marrow is negative in relation to the natural surface of the axis of the brain or spinal marrow . On the contrary , there appears to be no electro - motor ...
... appeared that every artificial transverse section of the brain or spinal marrow is negative in relation to the natural surface of the axis of the brain or spinal marrow . On the contrary , there appears to be no electro - motor ...
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