. Medical electricity; a practical treatise on the applications of electricity to medicine and surgery. ed mus-cles, it is unnecessary to employ a strong current. Themuscles should be exercised daily for a few minutes at atime, but not long enough to induce fatigue. Many of thecases recover in a few weeks ; some require months, even ELECTRICITY IN THE PARALYSES. 189 years, of treatment. I have seen obstinate cases curedafter two years of faithful electrical treatment. Cases ofmany years standing have been cured by persistent appli-cations. After a more or less protracted treatment bygalvanism,
. Medical electricity; a practical treatise on the applications of electricity to medicine and surgery. ed mus-cles, it is unnecessary to employ a strong current. Themuscles should be exercised daily for a few minutes at atime, but not long enough to induce fatigue. Many of thecases recover in a few weeks ; some require months, even ELECTRICITY IN THE PARALYSES. 189 years, of treatment. I have seen obstinate cases curedafter two years of faithful electrical treatment. Cases ofmany years standing have been cured by persistent appli-cations. After a more or less protracted treatment bygalvanism, the power of response to faradic stimulation isrestored, when this can be employed to complete the cure. Recently Dr. Ballet1 has reported cures of facial paral-ysis by static electricity—by general franklinization anddrawing sparks from the area of distribution of theseventh. The interrupted current of static electricity is anefficient substitute for faradism when it is desired to act onthe muscles, as has been, already, set forth. The illustrations which follow, from Fig. 68 to Fig. 76, Fig 68. uadratus menti inclusive, demonstrate the chief movements of the musclesof expression innervated by the seventh nerve, and indi-cate the position of the electrodes when the muscles areto be thrown into action by faradic or galvanic stimulation. 1 Progres Medicale, 23-30 Avril, 1S81. 190 69.
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