Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 47
... extensors , we require a more powerful current to produce a contraction of the extensor digt . com . than a contraction of the flexor digt . com . - partly by the greater or less abundance of the sensitive fibres that are dis- tributed ...
... extensors , we require a more powerful current to produce a contraction of the extensor digt . com . than a contraction of the flexor digt . com . - partly by the greater or less abundance of the sensitive fibres that are dis- tributed ...
Page 48
... extensor digt . com . , extensor carpi uln . , etc. , possess a very low grade . Finally , the tensor fascia latæ and the muscles of the inner portion of the thigh are much more susceptible than the muscles of the outer and posterior ...
... extensor digt . com . , extensor carpi uln . , etc. , possess a very low grade . Finally , the tensor fascia latæ and the muscles of the inner portion of the thigh are much more susceptible than the muscles of the outer and posterior ...
Page 49
... extensors were contracted in the forearm , amounted to fromto 1 cm . , in the thigh to from 1 to 2 cm . Heidenhain ' has lately shown that the above - mentioned sinking of the temperature at the begin- ning of the contractions has its ...
... extensors were contracted in the forearm , amounted to fromto 1 cm . , in the thigh to from 1 to 2 cm . Heidenhain ' has lately shown that the above - mentioned sinking of the temperature at the begin- ning of the contractions has its ...
Page 61
... extensors against the induced current . Remak , at the same time , observed that the irritability of the muscles and nerves for induced currents , and for the entrance and exit of constant currents , so far as we can judge , as a rule ...
... extensors against the induced current . Remak , at the same time , observed that the irritability of the muscles and nerves for induced currents , and for the entrance and exit of constant currents , so far as we can judge , as a rule ...
Page 66
... extensors ; yet the difference between the two consists only in the fact that the flexors sooner cease to react under the influence of the electric stimulus than the 1 See Du Bois - Reymond , l . c . , vol . i . , pp . 322–326 . Arch ...
... extensors ; yet the difference between the two consists only in the fact that the flexors sooner cease to react under the influence of the electric stimulus than the 1 See Du Bois - Reymond , l . c . , vol . i . , pp . 322–326 . Arch ...
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