Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 36
... condition of inaction , two points , lying symmetrically to the equator or the longitudinal axis , were placed in connection with the galvano - multiplier , no deviation of the muscle followed . On the contrary , if the two points lay ...
... condition of inaction , two points , lying symmetrically to the equator or the longitudinal axis , were placed in connection with the galvano - multiplier , no deviation of the muscle followed . On the contrary , if the two points lay ...
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... condition to which Du Bois - Reymond has given the name of Electrotonus . This observer ' found that , when we galvanize a piece of nerve by means of a current of uniform power , the original inherent nerve - current undergoes a change ...
... condition to which Du Bois - Reymond has given the name of Electrotonus . This observer ' found that , when we galvanize a piece of nerve by means of a current of uniform power , the original inherent nerve - current undergoes a change ...
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... condition . The electrotonus of the muscles differs , however , from that of the nerves in the following particulars ... condition . On the one hand , it shows how op- posite phases are exhibited at the ends of a nerve traversed by an ...
... condition . The electrotonus of the muscles differs , however , from that of the nerves in the following particulars ... condition . On the one hand , it shows how op- posite phases are exhibited at the ends of a nerve traversed by an ...
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... condition appears . If the tetanized currents flow in the same direction , appearing only momentarily , both phases soon follow in their usual form ; the positive , however , is generally weaker . In this case the nerve - current ...
... condition appears . If the tetanized currents flow in the same direction , appearing only momentarily , both phases soon follow in their usual form ; the positive , however , is generally weaker . In this case the nerve - current ...
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... condition has continued too long , or if the nerve originally possessed insufficient irritability , intermitting spasms will ensue . In the vigorous muscle of a frog , in the beginning at least , tonic spasms may appear , if even there ...
... condition has continued too long , or if the nerve originally possessed insufficient irritability , intermitting spasms will ensue . In the vigorous muscle of a frog , in the beginning at least , tonic spasms may appear , if even there ...
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