Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 41
... course , into the circuit of a constant battery - a 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 ...
... course , into the circuit of a constant battery - a 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 ...
Page 43
... course , whether in the same or in various directions , the nerve is said to be tetanized -an expression that is justified by the fact that a muscle . connected with a nerve treated in the manner just described responds , not only with ...
... course , whether in the same or in various directions , the nerve is said to be tetanized -an expression that is justified by the fact that a muscle . connected with a nerve treated in the manner just described responds , not only with ...
Page 61
... course , more frequently in diseased , limbs , where the irritability for one or the other current is greater . After Baierlacher , Schulz , Meyer , and Ziemssen had published a series of cases - all of them of facial paralysis - which ...
... course , more frequently in diseased , limbs , where the irritability for one or the other current is greater . After Baierlacher , Schulz , Meyer , and Ziemssen had published a series of cases - all of them of facial paralysis - which ...
Page 70
... course , if the terms positive and negative are to mean always the same thing , the primary current must always have the same direction , i . e . , the positive pole of the battery must always be attached to the same binding screw . the ...
... course , if the terms positive and negative are to mean always the same thing , the primary current must always have the same direction , i . e . , the positive pole of the battery must always be attached to the same binding screw . the ...
Page 71
... course , but also for the nerves generally of the body , that the nerves of the lower extremities commonly need for their excitation a more intense current than those of the upper . According to this author , the rule appears to be , in ...
... course , but also for the nerves generally of the body , that the nerves of the lower extremities commonly need for their excitation a more intense current than those of the upper . According to this author , the rule appears to be , in ...
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