Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 41
... entirely overcome , when the artificial current flows in the contrary direction . These manifestations of the electro - tonic condition are desig- nated in nerve physics by the following expressions : The piece of nerve between the ...
... entirely overcome , when the artificial current flows in the contrary direction . These manifestations of the electro - tonic condition are desig- nated in nerve physics by the following expressions : The piece of nerve between the ...
Page 48
... entirely ceased , the temperature was increased 1 ° C .; Ziemssen , after a series of careful experiments , concludes that the muscle - contractions caused by faradic irritation of the mo- tor nerves increase the temperature in the ...
... entirely ceased , the temperature was increased 1 ° C .; Ziemssen , after a series of careful experiments , concludes that the muscle - contractions caused by faradic irritation of the mo- tor nerves increase the temperature in the ...
Page 50
... nerve will therefore be the same as when it is alternately brought near to and removed from the most dense current , without ever being entirely withdrawn beyond its influence , that is , the component 50 LAWS OF THE CONSTANT CURRENT .
... nerve will therefore be the same as when it is alternately brought near to and removed from the most dense current , without ever being entirely withdrawn beyond its influence , that is , the component 50 LAWS OF THE CONSTANT CURRENT .
Page 54
... entirely lost , no twitching at all is ap- parent . ' We will now treat of the law in its more specific sense , to which these twitchings are subjected ; that is , we will an- swer the question relative to the closing and opening of the ...
... entirely lost , no twitching at all is ap- parent . ' We will now treat of the law in its more specific sense , to which these twitchings are subjected ; that is , we will an- swer the question relative to the closing and opening of the ...
Page 55
... entirely ceases . The changes in the irritability of a muscle when it is in the electrotonic condition differ from the changes that take place in a nerve , therein that they , like the electrotonic condition itself , are confined to the ...
... entirely ceases . The changes in the irritability of a muscle when it is in the electrotonic condition differ from the changes that take place in a nerve , therein that they , like the electrotonic condition itself , are confined to the ...
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