. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. Fig. 218.—Shock with Leyden-Jar Discharge. —iu. Fig. 219.—The Electrical Head Bath, a Variety of Administration of TnE Static Breeze. 270 PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. These spark applications are more or less painful, andshould be used with great care. They are a powerful means ofexcitation of the skin as well as of the deeper organs. Static Breeze.—If, instead of a ball-electrode, a pointedelectrode of metal or wood is used, a sensation resembling a cur-rent of wind is caused. This is known as the electrical wind,spray, or bre
. Practical electricity in medicine and surgery. Fig. 218.—Shock with Leyden-Jar Discharge. —iu. Fig. 219.—The Electrical Head Bath, a Variety of Administration of TnE Static Breeze. 270 PRACTICAL ELECTRICITY IN MEDICINE AND SURGERY. These spark applications are more or less painful, andshould be used with great care. They are a powerful means ofexcitation of the skin as well as of the deeper organs. Static Breeze.—If, instead of a ball-electrode, a pointedelectrode of metal or wood is used, a sensation resembling a cur-rent of wind is caused. This is known as the electrical wind,spray, or breeze. When it is desired to apply this breeze to thehead, a. cap-shaped electrode, called an umbrella-electrode, is sus-pended at some distance above the patients head (Fig. 219).
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