Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . «i i | >= b»a> •* a ax tf. ESTHESIOMETER. This is used to determine the sensibility of paralyzed parts. The value of the sesthesiometer depends on this fact, that theconsciousness of the distance hetween any two points applied to theskin, varies in different parts of the body, and is modified by dis-ease. The ordinary compass with a graduated scale is much the sesthesiometer we
Our home physician: a new and popular guide to the art of preserving health and treating disease; with plain advice for all the medical and surgical emergencies of the family . «i i | >= b»a> •* a ax tf. ESTHESIOMETER. This is used to determine the sensibility of paralyzed parts. The value of the sesthesiometer depends on this fact, that theconsciousness of the distance hetween any two points applied to theskin, varies in different parts of the body, and is modified by dis-ease. The ordinary compass with a graduated scale is much the sesthesiometer we can also ascertain whether the paralytic isrecovering, because usually the affected part as it gets better be-comes more sensitive. AND MOST RECENT METHODS OF TREATMENT. 603 The ends of the fingers and tip of the tongue are the most sen-sitive portions of the body; the least sensitive parts are the backand outer portion of the thigh. This sensitiveness is greatly modi-fied by paralysis. (See cuts of Esthesiometer.) Elixdrs of Quinine, Strychnine, and Pyrophosphate of Iron arenow deservedly popular. (See Prescriptions for Tonics.) EPILEPSY, OR FALLING SICKNESS. In the great majority of cases the fits o
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