. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. Fig. 182.—Masseys Movable Table. An arrangement to take the place of office cabinets, whereeconomy of space in the room is an object, is known among in-strument-makers as a Avail cabinet. Many useful forms of thisapparatus are made, the most complete and handy being shownin the cut (Fig. 181). The cells may be put in a closet, cellar,or distant room and connected with the switch-board by insu-lated wires. The wall cabinet is well adapted for hospitals and 224 PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. dispensaries, as it furnishes the curren
. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. Fig. 182.—Masseys Movable Table. An arrangement to take the place of office cabinets, whereeconomy of space in the room is an object, is known among in-strument-makers as a Avail cabinet. Many useful forms of thisapparatus are made, the most complete and handy being shownin the cut (Fig. 181). The cells may be put in a closet, cellar,or distant room and connected with the switch-board by insu-lated wires. The wall cabinet is well adapted for hospitals and 224 PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. dispensaries, as it furnishes the current in convenient arrange-ment, without occupying much space in the operating room. A convenient movable table for hospital work has been de-signed by Dr. G. Betton Massey. It is shown in Fig. 182. Where the electrical bath is used, some convenient methodof switching the currents off and on and reversing currents is. Fig. 1S3.—Faradic-Bath Apparatus. often desired. The manufacturers have supplied this in an ex-ceedingly useful switch-board, one of which is illustrated in This is made by the Mcintosh Galvanic and FaradicBattery Company, of Chicago. Portable Batteries.—The frequent necessity of applyingelectricity at the patients residence has stimulated instrument- PORTABLE BATTERIES. 225 makers to an active rivalry in making portable galvanic bat-teries. In addition to tbe desiderata, already mentioned, whichshould be possessed by a stationary battery, the portable batterymakes another demand, namely, that it sbonld be at once excludes those elements whose greatest excellenceis their steadiness of action, namely, the Leclanche and thevarious sulphate of copper cells. Their size and weight pre-clude their use as portable batteries. The storage battery hasnot yet been sufficiently developed in this direction to furnish asufficiently high electro-motive force consistent wit
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