. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. t of high electro-motive force. An electrode suitable for the application of this static in-duced current is that devised by Dr. W. J. Morton, of NewYork, and termed the pistol-electrode. It is shown in STATIC INDUCED CURRENT. 271 A great advantage of the static over other forms of elec-tricity is that it can be applied through the clothing. As shownin the illustrations, sparks and sprays can be drawn from thepatient through the clothing without producing any injury ofthe latter. The effects of franklinization vary with the method of ap
. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. t of high electro-motive force. An electrode suitable for the application of this static in-duced current is that devised by Dr. W. J. Morton, of NewYork, and termed the pistol-electrode. It is shown in STATIC INDUCED CURRENT. 271 A great advantage of the static over other forms of elec-tricity is that it can be applied through the clothing. As shownin the illustrations, sparks and sprays can be drawn from thepatient through the clothing without producing any injury ofthe latter. The effects of franklinization vary with the method of ap-plication and the portion of the surface to which it is gradation of effect is somewhat as follows: Static insula-tion is mildest in its effects, the electric breeze more decided,and the electric spark or static shock the most severe. Physi-ological effects of static electricity are, increase of tempera-ture, heightened blood-pressure, more rapid circulation, increaseof perspiratory and other secretions, restoration of depressed or. Fig. 221.—Mortons Pistol-Electrode. suppressed functions (appetite, menstruation). The points ofdischarge of sparks (on the skin) become pale and bloodless,soon followed, however, by hyperemia. Wheals are not infre-quently the result of drawing sparks from the body. Certainspecific effects are produced upon the nerves of special sense;flashes when sparks are drawn from the ophthalmic region, anda vibration or hammering in the ears when applied near theear. Some of the best therapeutic effects of franklinization areproduced in the general neuroses—hysteria, neurasthenia, in-somnia, chorea, headache, etc. In all forms of neuralgia, rheu-matism, spasmodic affections, and hyperesthesias the electricbreeze is indicated. In anaesthesias, paralyses, morbid growths, 272 PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. and other conditions requiring a vigorous agitation, the direct orindirect spark and static induction are strongly indicated.
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