Electricity in its relations to practical medicineAppleton, 1872 - 506 pages |
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Page 65
... week later , the former was in a state of decomposition , while the latter was still rigid . He then took another rabbit , cut off both fore- legs , and subjected one of them to the action of an electric current . The muscular ...
... week later , the former was in a state of decomposition , while the latter was still rigid . He then took another rabbit , cut off both fore- legs , and subjected one of them to the action of an electric current . The muscular ...
Page 106
... weeks , to fill the glass cylinder with crystals of blue vitriol . It is advisable to clean the battery every three or four months , by which means the zinc . is made more active ; the security of the copper wire may then be tested ...
... weeks , to fill the glass cylinder with crystals of blue vitriol . It is advisable to clean the battery every three or four months , by which means the zinc . is made more active ; the security of the copper wire may then be tested ...
Page 158
... weeks or months . Sometimes the process of recovery comes to a stand - still , or even an apparent relapse sets in ; in such instances it is good to interrupt the treat- ment and to allow the muscles rest - on resuming the elec- trical ...
... weeks or months . Sometimes the process of recovery comes to a stand - still , or even an apparent relapse sets in ; in such instances it is good to interrupt the treat- ment and to allow the muscles rest - on resuming the elec- trical ...
Page 182
... weeks , of sul- phur baths and of saline purgatives considerably reduced the swellings , particularly those of the right hand ; as , however , the paralytic effects still remained unchanged , the electric treatment was resorted to , and ...
... weeks , of sul- phur baths and of saline purgatives considerably reduced the swellings , particularly those of the right hand ; as , however , the paralytic effects still remained unchanged , the electric treatment was resorted to , and ...
Page 186
... weeks which the patient spent in Berlin , under the application of an intermittent current , the pain- ful sensations , which extended along the tendon of the tibia- lis ant . , and had their seat especially in the os naviculare ...
... weeks which the patient spent in Berlin , under the application of an intermittent current , the pain- ful sensations , which extended along the tendon of the tibia- lis ant . , and had their seat especially in the os naviculare ...
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