An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . ,1866. The patient was a young lady with a naevus on theeyelid, and as she was very nervous it was decided to put herunder chloroform. A needle connected with the negative poleof a battery of ten cells was inserted into the right half of thetumour (which was of the size of a small pea), while thepositive pole of the battery was connected with a moistened 78 AN ESSAY ON THE electrode applied to the skin of the neck. The current wasallowed to pass for two minutes, and when the needle waswithdrawn the right half of the tumour seemed shrun
An essay on the history of electrotherapy and diagnosis; . ,1866. The patient was a young lady with a naevus on theeyelid, and as she was very nervous it was decided to put herunder chloroform. A needle connected with the negative poleof a battery of ten cells was inserted into the right half of thetumour (which was of the size of a small pea), while thepositive pole of the battery was connected with a moistened 78 AN ESSAY ON THE electrode applied to the skin of the neck. The current wasallowed to pass for two minutes, and when the needle waswithdrawn the right half of the tumour seemed shrunken whilethe left was unaffected. The left half was operated upon bythe same method within the month, this time without any. \V
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