Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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... Soon , however , after the failure of many a hope , and after the discovery of an incomparably more abundant source of electricity in galvanism , had attracted the attention of the learned world , they turned their backs on the electric ...
... Soon , however , after the failure of many a hope , and after the discovery of an incomparably more abundant source of electricity in galvanism , had attracted the attention of the learned world , they turned their backs on the electric ...
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... soon decreasing in strength ; while , by using two intermediate conductors , the more perfect , continued , and durable cur- rent , the so - called constant current , is produced . This variableness or invariableness of the current ...
... soon decreasing in strength ; while , by using two intermediate conductors , the more perfect , continued , and durable cur- rent , the so - called constant current , is produced . This variableness or invariableness of the current ...
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... soon as we took hold of them with our moist hands , the needle of the multiplicator left the point of equilibrium , made a few oscillations , and then became quiet again , although perhaps not exactly in its original position . If , now ...
... soon as we took hold of them with our moist hands , the needle of the multiplicator left the point of equilibrium , made a few oscillations , and then became quiet again , although perhaps not exactly in its original position . If , now ...
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... soon reaches its maximum , beyond which no increase takes place . It reaches finally , under like conditions , in a fresh and vigorous nerve , a point from which it descends with the decrease of nervous vigor , disappearing when the ...
... soon reaches its maximum , beyond which no increase takes place . It reaches finally , under like conditions , in a fresh and vigorous nerve , a point from which it descends with the decrease of nervous vigor , disappearing when the ...
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... soon follow in their usual form ; the positive , however , is generally weaker . In this case the nerve - current quickly decreases , as in the use of Saxton's battery . If , finally , the tetanized currents flow in various directions ...
... soon follow in their usual form ; the positive , however , is generally weaker . In this case the nerve - current quickly decreases , as in the use of Saxton's battery . If , finally , the tetanized currents flow in various directions ...
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