. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. (222) Fig. 181.—Waite & Bartlett8 Wall Cabinet. STATIONARY BATTERIES. 223 furniture. In the upper portion are a handy arrangement forswitching into action the cells, automatic galvanic interrupter,or rheotome, commutator, metallic and water rheostats, an excel-lent faradic apparatus, and a milliamperemeter for measuring thestrength of the current. There are also drawers and spaces forputting away electrodes and appliances. The office cabinet of Otto Flemming is also convenientlyarranged and of excellent Fig. 182.—Masseys Movable Ta


. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. (222) Fig. 181.—Waite & Bartlett8 Wall Cabinet. STATIONARY BATTERIES. 223 furniture. In the upper portion are a handy arrangement forswitching into action the cells, automatic galvanic interrupter,or rheotome, commutator, metallic and water rheostats, an excel-lent faradic apparatus, and a milliamperemeter for measuring thestrength of the current. There are also drawers and spaces forputting away electrodes and appliances. The office cabinet of Otto Flemming is also convenientlyarranged and of excellent 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


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